The last Captain’s Log was a gallery of nice images of PICTON CASTLE under sail and at sea. Pretty nice images if I do say so. It seems that some folks saw this as what was going on at the moment and thought that we were underway, under sail again. Not yet. Well, it ain’t …
By Captain D. Moreland with D. Lorenzen Aboard PICTON CASTLE at Shelburne… The last Log entry carried on about our doings in Lunenburg with the World Voyage crew here. All very busy here working on boats, capstans, baggywrinkle and the like. This log is about what is happening on and in the ship at Shelburne …
While getting rained and blown away by gales this is an accurate look at our Lunenburg recently.
In 1996 after sailing from Norway, we steamed the MV Picton Castle from New York to Lunenburg to carry out the big refit and rigging that would make our ship the bluewater square-rigger that was hiding within her. On the way we put into New Bedford, Massachusetts to pick up a pile of 20” and …
Not surprisingly, we have been getting questions on when we expect our Barque Picton Castle to set sail on this, our long anticipated, great adventure of a world circumnavigation. A good question it is. After months of preparation and anticipation we were well on track to sail right about now, mid-November, then we hit a …
Lunenburg area friends, as you go through your closets to put away your summer clothes, please think of Picton Castle. We are about to embark on a voyage around the world, visiting many remote islands and ports along the way. Many of these places only receive supplies a few times a year, so when …
Regarding Hurricane Fiona now past. After extensive preparations with extra hawsers and massive chafe gear we were as ready as we could be for a hurricane here in Lunenburg. The winds picked up after dark. As did the rain. Starting around midnight It blew hard and harder – and cold – all through the night. …
Hurricane Fiona has done some serious damage in the West Indies and is now heading our way. It has increased in intensity on its way here. We are looking at stiff gale force Northerlies blowing off the land starting tonight and plenty of rain. We are well protected from Northerlies in Lunenburg Harbour. No …
After slamming Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Turks & Caicos islands, Hurricane Fiona is headed towards Nova Scotia by way of Bermuda. It looks like the eye of the storm will pass over the eastern end of mainland Nova Scotia this side of Cape Breton Island. What does this mean to us here? This is …
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