Date: 13 May 2024Sailing from: St. HelenaBound towards: Grenada, West IndiesNoon position: 05°06.2’N 051°01.7′ WCourse: NWxW 1/2 WSpeed: 6 knotsWind force and direction: Force 5 NExNSeas/swell: 3m ExNBarometer: 1015Sky: 8/8 st, cnWater temperature: 82.1°FDistance made good in 24 hours: 146nmPassage log: 3,310nmVoyage log: 26,559nmDistance to next port: 769nmRemarks: Ollie and Bruce did a fantastic job …
Date: 12 May 2024Sailing from: St. HelenaBound towards: Grenada, West IndiesNoon position: 03°48.1’N 049°00.9′ WCourse: NNWSpeed: 5.1 knotsWind force and direction: Force 4 ENESeas/swell: 2m NExEBarometer: 1015Sky: 8/8 cu, cnWater temperature: 82.5°FDistance made good in 24 hours: 122nmPassage log: 3,164nmVoyage log: 26,413nmDistance to next port: 901nmRemarks: The colour of the water has changed from crystal …
Date: 11 May 2024Sailing from: St. HelenaBound towards: Grenada, West IndiesNoon position: 02°30.6’N 047°26.5′ WCourse: NxW 1/2 WSpeed: 5.6 knotsWind force and direction: Force 2 NESeas/swell: 2m NNEBarometer: 1015Sky: 8/8 st, cnWater temperature: 82.3°FDistance made good in 24 hours: 135nmPassage log: 3,042nmVoyage log: 26,291nmDistance to next port: 1,033nmRemarks: Light rain during the night gave way …
Date: 10 May 2024Sailing from: St. HelenaBound towards: Grenada, West IndiesNoon position: 01°19.7’N 045°34.7′ WCourse: NxW 1/2 WSpeed: 5.7 knotsWind force and direction: Force 4 ENESeas/swell: 2m ExNBarometer: 1014Sky: 5/8 ac, st, ciWater temperature: 83.4°FDistance made good in 24 hours: 138nmPassage log: 2,907nmVoyage log: 26,156nmDistance to next port: 1,165nmRemarks: Yesterday Picton Castle welcomed Neptune, Davy Jones, and …
0430 May 9, 2024: Picton Castle at 0 degrees – 44 minutes South and 045 degrees – 15 minutes West, about 100 miles off the coast of Brazil. Steering northwesterly in an ENE breeze. Small seas. On the recent 12-4 watch just now ended, the winds shifted from ESE to ENE. Now we are braced up on …
Date: 9 May 2024Sailing from: St. HelenaBound towards: Grenada, West IndiesNoon position: 00°04.3’S 043°46.8′ WCourse: N 1/2 WSpeed: 6.3 knotsWind force and direction: Force 3 ESeas/swell: 2m ESEBarometer: 1013Sky: 7/8 StWater temperature: 83.4°FDistance made good in 24 hours: 152nmPassage log: 2,769nmVoyage log: 26,018nmDistance to next port: 1,301nmRemarks: All sail is set and we’re making 7 …
Date: 8 May 2024Sailing from: St. HelenaBound towards: Grenada, West IndiesNoon position: 01°22.6’S 041°43.6′ WCourse: NW 1/2 WSpeed: 7.4 knotsWind force and direction: Force 3 SSESeas/swell: 2 ESEBarometer: 1014Sky: 8/8 st, ns, cuWater temperature: 82.8°FDistance made good in 24 hours: 179nmPassage log: 2,618nmVoyage log: 25,866nmDistance to next port: 1,454nmRemarks: Yesterday evening we dogged the watches, …
Date: 7 May 2024Sailing from: St. HelenaBound towards: Grenada, West IndiesNoon position: 02°22.2’S 038°55.8′ WCourse: NW 1/2 WSpeed: 6.7 knotsWind force and direction: Force 3 SESeas/swell: 2m SExSBarometer: 1013 steadySky: 5/8 cu, cnWater temperature: 83.8°F, 28.6 CDistance made good in 24 hours: 161 nmPassage log: 2,439 nmVoyage log: 25,687nmDistance to next port: 1,604nmRemarks: The light …
Date: 6 May 2024Sailing from: St. HelenaBound towards: Grenada, West IndiesNoon position: 03°01.3’S 036°20.1′ WCourse: NW 1/2 WSpeed: 6.3 knotsWind force and direction: Force 5Seas/swell: 3m SEBarometer: 1013 fallingSky: 4/8 ci, as, acWater temperature: 83.8°FDistance made good in 24 hours: 153nmPassage log: 2,278nmVoyage log: 25,526nmDistance to next port: 1,780nmRemarks: After lunch yesterday the skies cleared. …
The circumperambulating Barque Picton Castle sailed dramatically out of sweet sunny SE tradewinds a few days ago and into the InterTropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ hereafter). For a couple days we had squalls every hour or so, and squalls with some good push in them as well. Got her going over 9 knots at times under …
