Picton Castle is in flying fish seas AND we have crossed the Prime Meridian into the western hemisphere here in the South Atlantic Ocean in the best tradewind sailing there is. O’course, this idea of separate “hemispheres” of this big ocean covered blue ball we live on (and sail around) is a fiction our ancestors …
We have crossed the Tropic of Capricorn in the Picton Castle and are now officially back in the tropics. Soon should be seeing flying fish. Still quite cool but warming up. We are sailing NW from southern Africa bound for the conveniently located (middle of the ocean) and and interesting island of St Helena and …
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The Barque Picton Castle is sailing northwesterly towards St. Helena Island some 1,000 nautical miles ahead. Luderitz, Namibia is 360 nautical miles astern and Cape Town, South Africa is about 770 nautical miles on the port quarter. Seas are modest now, under three metres most of the time and a decent force 4 breeze is …
Date: 6 April 2024 Sailing from: Luderitz, Namibia Bound towards: St. Helena Noon position: 21°23.4’S 005°412.9′ E Course: NxW Speed: 5.8 knots Wind force and direction: Force 5 SExE Seas/swell: 3m ESE Barometer: 1021 Steady Sky: 8/8 St Water temperature: 72°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 133nm Passage log: 638nm Voyage log: 22,511nm Distance …
Date: 5 April 2024 Sailing from: Luderitz, Namibia Bound towards: St. Helena Noon position: 23°05.0’S 006°41.9′ E Course: NNW Speed: 4.2 knots Wind force and direction: Force 4 SxE Seas/swell: 3m S Barometer: 1020 Steady Sky: 8/8 Cu, St Water temperature: 71.4°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 131nm Passage log: 505nm Voyage log: 22,378nm …
Picton Castle cast off from the main jetty at Luderitz, Namibia at 1445 Monday April 1, a bright sunny day. Not a cloud in the sky. It was blowing hard from the south. Good thing we are headed NW. There would have been nothing wrong with the ship staying put alongside an extra day to …
The Picton Castle sailed into Luderitiz, Namibia in most of a gale 5 days ago and we will be sailing out today in most of a gale as well. It will be on our stern though. Dragging us along into the SE tradewinds bound for St. Helena, 1,300 miles away. The day came in bright, …
On March 23, at about 1500 our pilot boarded the Picton Castle and we steamed out of Duncan Dock, Cape Town, bound North and to sea. We had just taken on 7 tons of diesel fuel, cleared out at Immigration RSA. The main engine had been warmed up and hawsers singled up. Backed down a …
Date: 24 March 2024 Sailing from: Cape Town, South Africa Bound towards: Luderitz, Namibia Noon position: 32°06.7’S 17°22’W Course: NxE3/4E Speed: 6.2 knots Wind force and direction: Force 3 NNW Seas/swell: 3m Northerly Barometer: 1017 Steady Sky: 2/8 cu, ac Water temperature: 59.5°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 117nm Passage log: 117nm Voyage log: …
The Morelands head into the hinterlands of southern Africa… Some 20 plus years ago a young son of a farming family, from deep in the interior of South Africa, found his way to join the crew of the Barque Picton Castle. No surprise to say that the ship was in Cape Town on a voyage …
