The Happy face of a Navigator Heading West! The main news of the week is that the decision to go west was rewarded with our fastest week,...

Day 15 - Wednesday 15 Dec Today the swells got up to 3.0m and with winds of Force 5-6, the going was tough. However (and this is a bit...

On day 7 we left our team as they ran along the coasts of Sierra Leone and Liberia in dark mode, with the satellite transponder and...

On the 1st December, at 11am exactly, Captain Iain Macneil took Astra out of the Puerto Calero Marina and on to the first leg of the...

To prepare Astra for the challenges of a circumnavigation, 4 separate repair periods were undertaken. April - July 2021 12 weeks in the...

Artist’s impression of ASTRA fitted with 2x Ribcraft custom designed RIBs On an expedition vessel you can’t have enough RIBs (Rigid...

Dirty fuel can seriously upset any day on the water. Ask anyone who has had their engine sputter and die because of muck, or water, in...

Harry Harris, Antonio Vastano, Iain Macneil, John Aitken and Peter Harvey recently travelled on board 'ASTRA'. Here is a piece from Harry...