Good day everyone, Maggie here, from Picton Castle’s office in Lunenburg. When the ship is underway you rarely hear from me here on the Captain’s Log, but I will be the author of the log for this last passage of Picton Castle’s eighth world voyage. Before arriving in Bermuda, we knew that we were having …
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Hello everyone, and greetings from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada which is Picton Castle’s home base between voyages. A number of people have reached out to ask how we fared here in Hurricane Lee, which transitioned into a post-tropical storm just before it approached our shores. Despite being post-tropical, Lee still packed hurricane-force winds and was …
Those of you who follow Picton Castle closely will see that on Saturday afternoon, the ship turned around to head back to Nova Scotia. There is a crew member aboard who developed a medical issue, so as a precaution Captain Moreland made the decision to change course. Returning to Nova Scotia was the closest option …
Picton Castle is a sail training tall ship best known for extended international voyages to exotic ports and islands. Trainee crew, who require no previous sailing experience before signing on, join the ship for an adventure at sea and to learn seamanship skills while working together under the guidance of the professional crew to sail …
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Last week on Monday, students from Canada, the United States, Denmark, Ireland and Germany arrived in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada for the start of the summer session of Bosun School. Between them, they’ve sailed in vessels including Pelican of London, Lewis R. French, Appledore II, Friendship of Salem, Brian Boru, Maybe, Atyla, Alvei, Danmark, Spike …
Spend your summer in the beautiful seaport of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, sharpening and building your marine skills! Bosun School was established and designed for people who already have some ship or boat experience and want to dive deeper into the skills you’ll need aboard a vessel. Whether you’ve sailed on a tall ship, a …
Yesterday afternoon, Captain Moreland led a workshop that introduced the Bosun School students to caulking. We had been waiting until more of our students arrived to get into this specialized skill. Our gang of Canadian students started in mid July and we have been joined over the past few days mostly by students from the …
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 …
Today is the official first day of Bosun School here in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. Students have arrived over the past few days and we got started with our first full day of instruction today. We’re glad to welcome students to this summer’s session! Bosun School is a land-based skills enhancement program for people who …
Thanks to a generous donation from local elementary and high schools, Picton Castle’s cargo hold will be filled with books to donate to schools in remote and under-resourced schools on our upcoming World Voyage. The books were delivered to our warehouse this morning by Donna and her helper, coordinated by librarian Lisa. They had collected …
