One of the many hurricanes of this Atlantic 2020 hurricane season is headed our way here in late September. Some days ago Hurricane TEDDY took form out in the exceptionally warm sub-tropical waters of the North Atlantic somewhere east and north of the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean. Hot winds that blow in from Africa …
Hurricane TEDDY – headed for Nova Scotia tonight Read More »
Here at Picton Castle headquarters in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, we’ve been monitoring Hurricane Teddy for many days now. This brute is approaching Nova Scotia from the direction of Bermuda, due south – meaning headed north for us. Back in June, we wrote a Captain’s Log about the prediction that the 2020 hurricane season would …
Over the past week, Picton Castle and our wharf and warehouse have been involved in a top secret project here in Lunenburg that we unfortunately can’t tell you anything about yet, but we can tell you about moving the ship at the wharf. Most of the wharves in Lunenburg are like fingers, extending out from …
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 …
The author of this Captain’s Log is Captain Carlyle Brown. Carl is a Picton Castle shipmate from several voyages. He has had an extensive career as a sailing ship mariner, marine educator and long-time successful sail trainer. He has been Captain or Mate of the schooners Harvey Gamage, When And If, Pioneer, J.N. Carter, Ernestina, …
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 …
Record-Breaking Atlantic Hurricane Season for 2020 Read More »
Here on Lunenburg’s working waterfront, with the Picton Castle’s Voyage to the South Pacific on hold, we want to do something worthwhile and interesting. So, we are looking to do a modified short and sweet summertime Bosun School in July and August with a big emphasis on small boat sailing and handling. Summertime on Lunenburg …
It has been a long winter for Picton Castle alongside. She longs for her crew. Crew in this and any ship are the life-blood of a ship. With isolation restrictions now easing in Nova Scotia (no cases in western Nova Scotia in some time) allowing for groups of 10 to gather, the Captain and Maggie …
I’m a bit embarrassed to admit that I only just recently read the excellent book “In The Heart Of The Sea” by Nathaniel Philbrick. It has been on my reading list forever but I just hadn’t got to it for whatever reason. My interest was renewed a couple of years ago when I heard Nathaniel …
It had been a long winter, and an even longer spring – with the Pandemic making molasses out of time. With a beautiful forecast predicted for the week, Captain Moreland and Maggie recruited a small group of willing hands to participate in an afternoon work party. It was one of those perfect spring days. Blue …
