Credit River - Astrid Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 7/3/2014
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
4.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Credit River - Shipwreck Series

Astrid
 16 April 2014



There are many shipwrecks around the world. Some very famous and others not so. Each however has it’s own story to tell. As you travel along the Credit River doing this series of caches, we have highlighted a number of these shipwrecks. During low water levels on these parts of the Credit River, you need to be careful in a canoe or kayak so as you don’t wind up in your own shipwreck. Besides the many large rocks along the way, there are also some other obstacles such as dams which should be avoided. All of the geocaches in this series have been placed by tubing, inflatable boat or on foot by walking in the water along the Credit River. Whichever way you choose to search for these caches, use caution and common sense.
More information about this series can be found here: Credit River - Shipwreck Series

Astrid

Astrid was a 42-metre tall ship that was built in 1918 in the Netherlands as a lugger and originally named W.U.T.A. She was later transferred to Swedish ownership, renamed Astrid and sailed on the Baltic Sea until 1975. She then sailed under a Lebanese flag and was allegedly used for drug smuggling. After being found burnt out on the coast of England in the early 1980s, she was overhauled and used as a sailing training vessel. She was based in Weymouth, Dorset, United Kingdom and was informally known as "Weymouth's vessel".

While attempting to enter the harbour near Kinsale, County Cork, Astrid ran aground on Quay Rock at Ballymacus Point, near the Sovereign Islands in southern Ireland, at around midday on 24 July 2013. Astrid had departed from Southampton, UK on 14 July and was due to arrive in Cherbourg, Seine-Maritime, France on 28 July as part of a European Union International Exchange program. She was one of 50 vessels participating in Ireland's 2013 Gathering Cruise between Oysterhaven and Kinsale. Astrid suffered engine failure, which prevented her from pulling herself off the rocks. On board were 23 teenagers and 7 adults. The thirty crew members were rescued from the tall ship, with 18 being rescued by a RNLI lifeboat and the other 12 by another tall ship. Four RNLI lifeboats and two Irish Coast Guard helicopters were involved in the rescue. The incident was filmed by the Irish Coast Guard

Astrid was salvaged on 9 September 2013, but as the cost of restoring her was too high she was scrapped and broken up by April 2014.


This cache is meant to be done by kayak/canoe. This section of the Credit River is not suitable for tubing.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ghor pnoyr gvrq gb n jvyybj gerr, unatvat nobhg 10 sg sebz raq bs gerr oenapurf

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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