Date: 05 October 2023 Sailing from: Palmerston Island, Cook Islands Bound towards: Tonga Noon position: 17°49.9’S 172°35.2’W Course: W Speed: 4.45 knots Wind force and direction: Force 5 SWxS Seas/swell: 3m S Barometer: 1018 Steady Sky: 3/8 st, cu, stcu Water temperature: 76.8°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 107nm Passage log: 649nm Voyage log: …
Date: 04 October 2023 Sailing from: Palmerston Island, Cook Islands Bound towards: Tonga Noon position: 18°24’S 170°51.7’W Course: W Speed: 6 knots Wind force and direction: Force 5 SxW Seas/swell: 4m SSE Barometer: 1017 Steady Sky: 8/8 rain Water temperature: 76.2°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 145.5nm Passage log: 481.5nm Voyage log: 10399.5nm Distance …
Date: 03 October 2023 Sailing from: Palmerston Island Cook Islands Bound towards: Tonga Noon position: 18°39’S 168°38.2’W Course: WxS1/2S Speed: 5.3 knots Wind force and direction: Force 5 SExE Seas/swell: 4m SE Barometer: 1020 Steady Sky: 8/8 light rain Water temperature: 77.2°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 128nm Passage log: 336nm Voyage log: 10254nm …
Date: 02 October 2023 Sailing from: Palmerston Island, Cook Islands Bound towards: Tonga Noon position: 18°13.5’S 166°26.6’W Course: WSW Speed: 5.2 knots Wind force and direction: Force 5 SExS Seas/swell: 4.5m SE Barometer: 1021 Rising Sky: 7/8 ni, st, ast Water temperature: 78°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 126nm Passage log: 208nm Voyage log: …
Date: 01 October 2023 Sailing from: Palmerston Atoll, Cook Islands Bound towards: The Kingdom of Tonga Noon position: 18°02’S 164°14.7’W Course: WxS Speed: 2.9 knots Wind force and direction: Force 5/6 SxE Seas/swell: 2-3m SW as well as SE Barometer: 1019 Rising Sky: 8/8 overcast Water temperature: 78.6F Distance made good in 24 hours: 61nm …
Sailing from: Tahiti Bound towards: Tonga Noon position: 17°16.1’S 159°38.6’W Course: WxS 1/2 S Speed: 5.6 knots Wind force and direction: Force 6 SExS Seas/swell: 6m SE Barometer: 1019 steady Sky: 5/8 cu, stcu Water temperature: 78.3°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 136nm Passage log: 584nm Voyage log: 9690nm Distance to next port: 830nm …
Sailing from: Tahiti Bound towards: Tonga Noon position: 17°13.5’S 157°18.2’W Course: WxN Speed: 6.2 knots Wind force and direction: Force 5/6, 7 in gusts SE Seas/swell: 5m SE Barometer: 1019 Steady Sky: 5/8 cu, stcu Water temperature: 78°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 150nm Passage log: 448.5nm Voyage log: 9554nm Distance to next port: …
Sailing from: Tahiti Bound towards: Tonga Noon position: 17°59.95’S 154°51.6’W Course: W1/2S Speed: 4.6 knots Wind force and direction: Force 5 S Seas/swell: 4m southerly Barometer: 1018 rising Sky: 8/8 st Distance made good in 24 hours: 111.5nm Passage log: 298nm Sails set: Outer jib, Inner jib, Fore topmast staysail, Fore T’gallant, Fore Upper topsail, …
After a grand sailaway from Tahiti, north around Moorea, even could see the mountains of Raitea off to starboard the next day many miles away, Picton Castle is under all plain sail sailing westward bound for Tonga. Whew, a long sentence! No seasickness, kittens getting used to their new world, all hands sailing the ship …
Written by: Dirk Lorenzo Sailing our barque around the world one could easily think that attending to the ship and her current voyage would be just about enough to keep one busy. But think again; in Picton Castle, one voyage is not just that; one voyage. It is also the leadup to the next voyage. …
