The Panama Canal takes thousands of miles off a passage to and from the Pacific for any vessel. But it was rare indeed in the later years of commercial sail for a big commercial sailing ship to use the Canal. For a relatively small fee from a tug a sailing ship could save months at …
Date: 8 July 2023 Sailing from: Panama Bound towards: Galapagos Noon position: 0°13.9’S 088°44.4’W Course: WSW Speed: 3.9 knots Wind force and direction: Force 4 SxE Seas/swell: 2m SxE Barometer: 1016 Steady Sky: 6/8 Water temperature: 78.6°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 93nm Passage log: 4546nm Voyage log: 925nm Distance to next port:62.5 nm …
Date: 5 July 2023 Sailing from: Panama Bound towards: Galapagos Noon position: 0°13.86’N 084°04.92’W Course: W Speed: 6.1 knots Wind force and direction: Force-3-4 SSW Seas/swell: 1.5m Southerly Barometer: 1017 rising Sky: 5/8 Water temperature: 79.3°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 147nm Passage log: 638nm Voyage log: 4259nm Distance to next port: 338nm Sails …
Date: 6 July 2023 Sailing from: Panama Bound towards: Galapagos Noon position: 0°10’N 085°41.8’W Course: WxS Speed: 4.1 knots Wind force and direction: Force 4 SSW Seas/swell: 1-2m S Barometer: 1017 steady Sky: 6/8 Water temperature: 79°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 100nm Passage log: 738nm Voyage log: 4359nm Distance to next port: 254nm …
Date: 4 July 2023 Sailing from: Panama Bound towards: Galapagos Noon position: 01°27’N 082°02.3’W Course: SWxW 1/4 S Speed: 6.5 knots Wind force and direction: Force 3 SxW Seas/swell: 1m SSW Barometer: 1016.5 steady Sky: 3/8 cu Water temperature: 80°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 156nm Passage log: 491nm Voyage log: 4112nm Distance to …
After many hot steamy days at moorings right in Panama City and at the approaching channel for the Big Canal, I wanted the crew to get a break before sailing onward towards Galapagos. Provisioning was done, shopping was done, we were done. A different and pleasent scene, and we still needed to do some small …
To send mail to the crew in Tahiti, here is the postal address and the courier address. Our ship’s agent in Tahiti strongly suggests sending letters or parcels by courier (FedEx, DHL, etc) as it is more reliable and quicker. Postal address Crew name PICTON CASTLE C/O Tahiti SUPERYACHT Support BP 20703 Papeete 98713 Tahiti …
Picton Castle is all ready to take a pilot and transit the Panama Canal. Looks like we going through tomorrow AM – maybe. We gather that we will get one hour’s notice before the pilot boarding. They like us to be at the first lock about as dawn breaks, so we will see when we …
Date: 15 June 2023 Sailing from: Lunenburg, actually Saint Martin Bound towards: Panama Noon position: 12°54.9’N 075°23.3’W Course: SWxW1/2W Speed: 6.3 knots Wind force and direction: Force 6-7 ExS Seas/swell: 4-5m E Barometer: 1015 Sky: 7/8 – kinda cloudy and hazy too Water temperature: 82.6°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 152nm Passage log: 775nm …
Date: 14 June 2023 Sailing from: Lunenburg Bound towards: Panama Noon position: 13°34.5’N 072°53.4’W Course: WxS Speed: 5.8 knots Wind force and direction: Force 5 ESE Seas/swell: 2.5m ExS Barometer: 1015 steady Sky: 3/8 cu, ci Water temperature: 81.5°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 138nm Passage log: 625.8nm Voyage log: 3035nm Distance to next …
