Last week we started our twice-weekly work parties here on the PICTON CASTLE. As you may have learned in earlier Captain’s Logs posted this Spring, the PICTON CASTLE has fared well enough over the long Nova Scotian winter, but winter at the dock does no ship any favours. So time to show the ship some […]
Here at the Barque Picton Castle we are naturally keenly interested in weather, weather trends, weather forecasts, and of course, the North Atlantic Hurricane Season. With a little research, we offer you the following synopsis. It has already been a record-breaking hurricane season for the Atlantic coast, and meteorologists are estimating that we will likely
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On Thursday of last week, the sun was shining and it was the perfect opportunity to spend some time working on the Picton Castle at her winter wharf. We had a small crew come together to help tighten up some of the lines and check off a few of the planned work jobs on our
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I recently joined the shore crew of the Picton Castle, and after just a few weeks of work in the office I am so happy to have become a part of this welcoming team. My name is Danielle, and as a born-and-raised Nova Scotian I have come to need the ocean like oxygen. I have
