Happy new year to all of Picton Castle’s shipmates, shipmates families, friends and supporters! As we enter 2022, our spirits are buoyed by your impressively solid response to our GoFundMe campaign. Your belief in the work of the and belief in keeping her sailing onward is truly heartwarming. We have especially loved hearing from those […]
For 25 years the tall ship Picton Castle has provided intensely memorable experiences to those lucky enough to be part of her globe-circling voyages. While changing lives, she has attracted attention, won awards, and provided aid to remote communities in far-flung island nations. She is a one-of-a-kind vessel, and she always has taken care of her crews.
The longest night of the year… December 21, 2021 – Lunenburg Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada. A sharp west wind slashes across the harbour. With little fetch the white caps are small and charming. And very close together. At sea the story will differ. The longest night of the winter is here. The long night seems
Lunenburg kicked off the festive season in style this past weekend. On Friday evening the waterfront was lit up, including the t’gallant masts and bowsprit on Picton Castle. The colourful lights on the vessels, including the fleet at the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic, the fishing vessels at Adams & Knickle, the schooner Bluenose II,
Picton Castle is scheduled to set sail on her eighth world circumnavigation voyage shortly. We had hoped, almost expected, to be able to begin the voyage this autumn, but travel restrictions and advisories currently in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic mean that sadly, we must postpone the start of this voyage until the spring of
As we dream of setting sail again, we’re sharing this evocative poem by Lewis R. Freeman with you: “The Tracks of the Tradewinds” Take me back, take me back to the Tracks of the Trades! Let me wander again in the coco palms’ shade, Where the drums of the ocean, in pulsating roar, Beat time
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Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada Bosun School 10th Session July 14, 2021 – Sept 29, 2021 Led by Captain Daniel D. Moreland and guest instructors A Seamanship Skills Enrichment Program for Young Seafarers, and a great summer on the water along Lunenburg’s famous and historic working waterfront There is nothing better than real time at sea,
THE BOSUN SCHOOL – SUMMER 2021 174 Bluenose Drive – Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada WHY BOSUN SCHOOL? Today there are many excellent programs for mariners on subjects to do with training for emergency situations. Fire fighting tools and techniques, understanding life rafts, correct use of immersion suits, life jackets and more. These courses are very
We are pleased to announce that we are setting up for Bosun School this coming summer 2021 here in Lunenburg Harbour at our wharf and warehouse at the east end of Bluenose Drive and Lunenburg’s working waterfront. All who sign up will get a chance to acquire and hone heaps of ship and boat skills
Christmas shopping at our Chandlery at Picton Castle’s warehouse on Lunenburg’s working waterfront. Yes, it has been a long year. Postponing of voyages, grim. Hosting a fine summer Bosun school session was just great, though. Gearing up for a world voyage? Pretty amazing. Nothing routine about a sailing ship voyage bound around the world. But
