Meet the Crew
MEET THE
CREW - we are:
- Lyndall and Peter Aston -Originally from Sydney, Australia - now in Townsville North Queensland
- Parents to James, Cathy, David and Matthew
- Grandparents to Nelson, Anthony,Laurence, Benedict and Timothy, Andrew and William
- Retired artist/chef/historian and electrical engineer,
respectively
- Sailed dinghies, catamarans as a young family
whilst dreaming of a yacht big enough for us all at the
one time.
- Moved our family to Papua New Guinea in 1977 as a way of broadening our horizons and improving the potential to save for a yacht - it worked!
- Bought 1st cruising yacht from Taiwan (1977) christened her Dulcinea
- Lived aboard and sailed around PNG and around the world for 9 years
- Spent 8 years building illywhacker 1987 - 1995
- Retired 1993 and committed to spend full-time aboard.
- Moved
aboard 1995, departed Sydney 14 June 1996 - destination
- the world.
- Sailed to Japan via Melanesia and Micronesia.
From our home marina near Nagasaki, we sailed and lived
in the country for 2 wonderful years.
- In April 2000 set
sail north along the west coast of Japan to Hokkaido
then to Kamchatka in Russia and along the Aleutian
Islands chain to Alaska.
- After another 2 wonderful years in the remote fishing village
of Cordova Alaska, we set sail for Sidney BC, Canada, arriving
October 2002.
- We received a disturbing diagnosis on Lyndall's health
so reluctantly we left Sidney/Vancouver area in June 2003
and sailed "home" to
Australia via Hawaii, Tuvalu and Vanuatu arriving at Townsville
on 1 September 2003.
- We wake each morning wondering if it can all be true. What a privileged lifestyle this is, to be living our dream. May it never end.