Day’s Run – 3 January, 2016
Sending up topsails today in San Sebastian!
Transatlantic Voyage 2015
Day’s Run – 1 January, 2016
Happy New Year! Picton Castle saw in 2016 at San Sebastian in the Canary Islands – we had a great view of the fireworks from across the water!
Day’s Run – 30 December, 2015
Back to work! Second layout of sails for project-boat Karl, getting the steel lower-topsail yards ready to send aloft again, tweaks to the headrig and a spot of patch serving.
Christmas Festivities
Christmas aboard Picton Castle is something never to be forgotten. Here are some photos of how the crew celebrated. Many more were posted to our Facebook page and we invite you to like our page and have a look through them all!
Day’s Run – 22 December, 2015
Picton Castle has arrived at our Christmas port of La Gomera, in the sunny Canary Islands a few hundred miles off the coast of Africa. Our first day in port today and we sent down both steel lower topsail yards for inspection and some routine maintenance. We used the windlass and our own crew: no …
Day’s Run – 20 December, 2015
Sailed past the islands of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura this morning, leaving them 35 miles off to port. It seems like we only just left Africa, and already we’re in the Canary Islands, expecting to sail past Tenerife and arrive at La Gomera tomorrow. SHIP’S WORK: Sunday at sea. This passage is a short one so …
Day’s Run – 19 December, 2015
It was the final ditty bag workshop today: fitting the wooden bottom and splicing on a becket for the handle and there you have it: a properly made canvas bag to keep your ditties in. The night watches started baking overnight tonight – got to lay in plenty of cookies and treats for Christmas! SHIP’S …
Day’s Run – 18 December, 2015
A clear, sunny day of light airs. The Captain declared it a crime to motor on such a fine day so we shut down the engine and set all sails early in the morning, and had a gorgeous day of sailing slowly before taking in sail and steaming overnight to make up time. This afternoon’s …
Day’s Run – 17 December, 2015
After a wonderful 6-day port stop in Morocco, we hauled up the anchor and got underway this morning, bound for our Christmas port in the Canary Islands, a little over four hundred nautical miles away. SHIP’S WORK: Continue to slush the rig, install new main topmast staysail halyard strop, continue overhauling flemish horses, chip & …
Day’s Run – 15 December, 2015
The off-going watch (4-8) took our beautiful boat Momonoy out for a sail this morning before heading off for their two days ashore. It was quite a relaxed work day aboard the ship for the on-watch: getting lots of coats of paint on various open projects and slushing the rig with a tarry mixture while …