The short passage from Pitcairn to Mangareva just past was quite a ride! Only 300 miles and typically, and historically in my modest experience, a sweet, pleasant romp downwind in fine sunny southeast tradewinds on the quarter. Not this time. Quite the rollercoaster, under lower topsails and fore course, we rode over some big seas. …
August 30, 2023 at Rikitea, Mangareva, Gambier Islands of French Polynesia at the extreme southeast of the Tuamotus Archipelago. Day is done and the evening is a balmy calm here aboard Picton Castle at Rikitea, Mangareva. Barely even any waves lapping heard from the reef. We have most of a waxing moon hanging over Aukena …
After a rousing passage from Pitcairn and a couple nights at achor out in the lagoon just in the lee of the barrier reef, the Picton Castle is alongside the old town copra wharf at Rikitea, here at Mangareva, in the Gambier Islands of SE French Polynesia. Once the centre of commerce for this group, …
That was one rocky-rolly passage from Pitcairn to Mangareva. After passing through the western cut in the reef that surrounds the lagoon in Mangareva, French Polynesia, eight miles from the town of Rikitea, and the through a second pass, I brought Picton Castle in to anchor off Rikitea almost as it was getting dark with …
Date: 21 August 2023 Sailing from: Pitcairn Island Bound towards: Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia Noon position: 22°22.2’S 132°25.3’W Course: NW1/2N Speed: 5.1 knots Wind force and direction: Force 5/6 ENE Seas/swell: 5m ExS Barometer: 1022 Falling Sky: 5/8 cu/ac Water temperature: 72.7°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 123nm Passage log: 211nm Voyage log: …
Date: 20 August 2023 Sailing from: Pitcairn Island Bound towards: Mangareva in the Gambier group of French Polynesia Noon position: 23°51.5’S 130°55.2’W Course: NWxN12N Speed: 4.7 knots Wind force and direction: Force 4-5 ExS, 6 in squalls Seas/swell: 4-5m ESE Barometer: 1026 Steady Sky: 6/8 cu, st Water temperature: 72.2°F Distance made good in 24 …
The Picton Castle is at anchor at Bounty Bay, Pitcairn Island, South Pacific Ocean. We let go the starboard anchor of the Picton Castle at about nine o’clock last night. This put an end to a 3,000 miles passage from the Galapagos Islands. We were 27 days sailing here. A good, if at times strenuous, …
Date: 14 August 2023 Sailing from: Galapagos, Ecuador Bound towards: Piticairn Island Noon position: 24°01.8’S 129°44.6’W Course: SWxS Speed: 5.9 knots Wind force and direction: Force 5 WxN Seas/swell: 2m WxN Barometer: 1018.5 Steady Sky: 7/8 cu Water temperature: 71.4°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 203nm Passage log: 2892nm Voyage log: 7552nm Distance to …
Sailing from: Galapagos, Ecuador Bound towards: Pitcairn Island Noon position: 22°19.5’S 127°35.9’W Course: SW 1/2 S Speed: 6.2 knots Wind force and direction: Force 2 SWxS Seas/swell: 3m SSW Barometer: 1022 Rising Sky: 3/8 cu Water temperature: 73.6°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 150nm Passage log: 2689nm Voyage log: 7394nm Distance to next port: …
Day’s Run – August 12, 2023 Date: 12 August 2023 Sailing from: Galapagos, Ecuador Bound towards: Pitcairn Island Noon position: 21°11.3’S 125°14.3’W Course: SWxW Speed: 6.1 knots Wind force and direction: Force 3 SSW Seas/swell: 3m SW Barometer: 1021 Steady Sky: 2/8 stcu, cu, st Water temperature: 73.6°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 147nm …
