November 11, yesterday, is Remembrance Day in Canada. In the USA it is Veterans Day, once called Armistice Day after its founding moment, the cessation of hostilities at the end of a very grim WWI. At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the guns became quiet, and the …
What do some recent Bosun School graduates and PICTON CASTLE crew graduates do for Halloween? Why, they dress up as spooky sea-faring folks and help the Captain’s son create a Haunted Dory Shop! This Halloween, Lunenburg was treated to a transformed Haunted House like no other. The crew got together and over a couple days turned the venerable Dory Shop …
Written by Ansleigh Coplin About a week after our initial visit, a sunny September morning found Bosun school returning to the Michele Stevens sail loft to see the finished sails. The panels that were previously in pieces, mapped out and marked up with pencil now formed a full gaff rigged main sail and jib. By …
Written by Ally Gibson Whilst our Bosun School is primarily a land-based seamanship program intended to helpadvance the skills of the talented young mariners enrolled, an important aspect of our current sessionhas involved getting our students onto a variety of small boats and vessels. Our students have sailedwith Eastern Star and Eastern Points, our young …
Captain’s Log: Bosun School Sails on the Bluenose II Read More »
Written by Ansleigh Coplin: Bosun’s Mate At the Bosun School we endeavor to not only get across hard and soft skills but also to expose our students to as wide range of mariner enterprises as we can. To end they have had tours of the big beautiful schooner Blunose II, sailed in the Eastern Star …
The Lunenburg Waterfront can be a blast to the senses in the summer. A cacophony of sound from the Schooner Bluenose II or fishing vessel Maude Adams horns – signaling a voyage setting off. There are tour buses, yachts of all sizes, and a film crew here and there. This summer the waterfront has been transformed into Martha’s Vinyard for …
Two weeks after the Barque Picton Castle sailed in at the end of this world circumnavigation, our wonderful Bosun School kicked in and students arrived in Lunenburg. Bosun School is our land-based, marine skills enrichment, for aspiring mariners. We love doing it. Whether you want to set off in a tall ship, get a job …
The Barque Picton Castle is back in Lunenburg, phew…… It was a long haul sailing 30,000 plus miles over the last year and half (more or less). Tough enough getting going again after COVID too. Tough getting stuck on a drydock for 6 months postponing setting off. Stuck on the hard was hard, not knowing …
We sailed our Barque Picton Castle from Bermuda and anchored at Rose Bay not far from Lunenburg. The last passage of this monumental circumnavigation in this wonderful sea-proven ship we call “ours.” It was an excellent passage with very little time under power. And the weather stayed quite warm almost all the way up to the coast …
Captain’s Log – Sailing into Lunenburg on July 13, 2024 Read More »
This was my first Picton Castle homecoming and I cannot put into words how special it was to be involved. My role that day was gate security outside of the Adams & Knickle wharf keeping folks out of the way until it was safe. Danielle, who was on social media duty, took turns with me …
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