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Astraeus · 21st March 2017, 22:40

Here is a link to a short video of photos of our Yacht Astraeus.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3S9K_VZ1wXI

She is a 1969 Westerly Centaur and was the 41st of over 2500 of the Centaur. Britains best selling yacht. Very roomy for a vessel of 26feet with up to 6 berths although we very rarely have more than two overnighting. My dad and myself share the purchase and running costs 50/50 which makes it affordable ( just)

We have sailed her (and motored at least 75% of it) down to the Forth Estuary up past the bridges as far up as Blackness Castle and up to the Moray Firth as far as Lossiemouth. Been caught out in some fairly horrendous weather a couple of times and she handles it well. Most of our sailing is in our home waters of the Firth of Tay as far up as Perth ( River Tay) and out to sea round the Bell Rock Lighthouse.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=trSpJueCbR8

Video clip of a passage from Tayport to Arbroath including a couple of attempts to catch a photo of the dolphins near our boat.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AyPF26HDFzY

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HSxMz57vnqY

Due to advancing years we have decided to put her up for sale this year and buy a similarly sized motorboat/cabin cruiser. Something that can handle going coastal and accomodating us comfortably...with heating as our yacht has..and an internal or very sheltered helming position. Have to sell ours first of course and we are in no rush.

21st March 2017, 22:40	#1
Astraeus Regional Secretary North Scotland MG ZS Exclusive 1.0T Auto 2022 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Tayport Posts: 5,754 Thanks: 1,676 Thanked 1,855 Times in 1,058 Posts	Yacht Astraeus Here is a link to a short video of photos of our Yacht Astraeus. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3S9K_VZ1wXI She is a 1969 Westerly Centaur and was the 41st of over 2500 of the Centaur. Britains best selling yacht. Very roomy for a vessel of 26feet with up to 6 berths although we very rarely have more than two overnighting. My dad and myself share the purchase and running costs 50/50 which makes it affordable ( just) We have sailed her (and motored at least 75% of it) down to the Forth Estuary up past the bridges as far up as Blackness Castle and up to the Moray Firth as far as Lossiemouth. Been caught out in some fairly horrendous weather a couple of times and she handles it well. Most of our sailing is in our home waters of the Firth of Tay as far up as Perth ( River Tay) and out to sea round the Bell Rock Lighthouse. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=trSpJueCbR8 Video clip of a passage from Tayport to Arbroath including a couple of attempts to catch a photo of the dolphins near our boat. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AyPF26HDFzY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HSxMz57vnqY Due to advancing years we have decided to put her up for sale this year and buy a similarly sized motorboat/cabin cruiser. Something that can handle going coastal and accomodating us comfortably...with heating as our yacht has..and an internal or very sheltered helming position. Have to sell ours first of course and we are in no rush. Last edited by Astraeus; 21st March 2017 at 23:00..