Astra Rounds Horn on Epic Circumnavigation
Earlier this week, Iain Macneil and his crew rounded Cape Horn on his converted 77-foot rescue boat Astra, on week eight of what they hope is a record-breaking trip around every cape in the Southern Ocean. Macneil, the CEO of Witherbys, a maritime publishing company in Scotland and former Merchant Navy seaman, bought the boat more than a year ago and renovated it for the voyage. It had served in the Swedish Rescue Service from 1995 to 2016. His goal: To set a record for a full-displacement powerboat less than 24 meters (78’ 7”) circumnavigating the world via every cape…