Blowing a holy-hooly outside now! Pretty happy we are tied up securely inside behind big breakwaters. On the afternoon of January 23rd Tammy with Liam steered the ship into the narrow channel that is the entrance to Port Ouest, then a hairpin turn, hard to starboard through an even skinnier channel and we tied her […]
In the Barque Picton Castle, on a long voyage, we engage a range of approaches to learning for the crew, absorbing and teaching about ships and the sea. At the beginning of a voyage, before sailing while alongside the wharf, it’s all hands at important basic group instruction and then practice: names of sails, bracing,
Date: 22 January 2024 Sailing from: Serangan, Bali Bound towards: Reunion Noon position: 20’23.5’S 059’15.4’E Course: WxN 1/2 N Speed: 7.7 knots Wind force and direction: Force 3 SWxS Seas/swell: 3m S Barometer: 1012 Steady Sky: 7/8 cu, st Water temperature: 80.9’F Distance made good in 24 hours: 185nm Passage log: 3,519nm Voyage log: 18,713nm
Date: 21 January 2024 Sailing from: Serangan, Bali Bound towards: Reunion Noon position: 19’24.5’S 062’20.1’E Course: WxN Speed: 6.8 knots Wind force and direction: Force 1 SSE Seas/swell: 3m NWxW Barometer: 1011 Steady Sky: 2/8 cu Water temperature: 82.3’F Distance made good in 24 hours: 164nm Passage log: 3,334nm Voyage log: 18,528nm Distance to next
Here in the early afternoon the Picton Castle is paddling pretty hard to get into port at Reunion tomorrow, Tuesday January 23, with Reunion 207 nautical miles ahead. Need to say all that due to confusing time zones and what not. We have some winds and weather brewing behind us and I would like to
Date: 20 January 2024 Sailing from: Serangan, Bali Bound towards: Reunion Noon position: 18’29.1’S 065’01.9’E Course: WxN Speed: 7 knots Wind force and direction: Force 1 NW Seas/swell: 2-3m WNW Barometer: 1011 Steady Sky: 4/8 cu Water temperature: 83.9’F Distance made good in 24 hours: 168nm Passage log: 3,170nm Voyage log: 18,364nm Distance to next
At 1000 this morning, January 19, the Picton Castle is at 16-08 South latitude and 070-22 East longitude, over two thirds of the way across the Southern Indian Ocean, bound from Bali for Reunion Island of France. We have come about 2,700 nautical miles from Bali in mostly excellent sailing conditions and we are about
Date: 19 January 2024 Sailing from: Serangan, Bali Bound towards: Reunion Noon position: 17’14.2’S 067’37.2’E Course: W Speed: 6.7 knots Wind force and direction: Force3 WNW Seas/swell: 3m WNW Barometer: 1010 Steady Sky: 2/8 ci, ac, cu Water temperature: 84.3’F Distance made good in 24 hours: 161nm Passage log: 3,002nm Voyage log: 18,196nm Distance to
Date: 18 January 2024 Sailing from: Serangan, Bali Bound towards: Reunion Noon position: 16’10.3’S 070’09.1’E Course: WNW Speed: 7.1 knots Wind force and direction: Force 3 NxW Seas/swell: 2m N Barometer: 1010 Falling Sky: 7/8 cu, nist Water temperature: 83.6’F Distance made good in 24 hours: 172nm Passage log: 2,841nm Voyage log: 18,035nm Distance to
On any long, multi-ocean voyage, a ship needs to be prepared for heavy weather. It’s going to happen. While it makes all kinds of sense to avoid heavy weather as much as possible, and goodness knows we do the best we can, the fact is, on a voyage around the world, not every gale or
