Astrid sails on in the form of designer bags

From full sail ahead on the high seas to stylish, limited edition handbags for the high street.

A creative design team based in Cork has breathed new life into the sails which once powered the ill-fated historic tall ship Astrid, which was wrecked off the south coast last year.

Hungarian brothers Levente and Attila Magyar, who run Mamukko design in Kinsale, struck a deal with Astrid skipper Pieter de Kam to acquire seven sails retrieved from the sea six weeks after it ran aground off Kinsale.