Leaving for Scotland

Astonel on the lower Thames
Astonel is a 36' ketch designed in the seventies by Laurent Giles. Astonel was built in 1977 and is still a strong and well looked after sailing yacht.
With different crew members, Astonel travelled up the east coast of the UK to Inverness, passed through the Caledonian Canal, explored some of the Inner Hebrides and came home back to Essex via Ireland and the south coast of England, with some time in France.





 The voyage started on the 22nd April, early in the season to try and get the best weather in Scotland. She brought us back home at the beginning of August.

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Leaving for Scotland

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