Date: 1 December 2023 Sailing from: Luganville, Vanuatu Bound towards: Bali, Indonesia Noon position: 10°37.7’S 139°27.4’E Course: WxN1/4N Speed: 7 knots Wind force and direction: Force 1 NW Barometer: 1013 Sky: 4/8 ac, cu, ci Water temperature: 83°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 170nm Passage log: 1,805nm Voyage log: 13,714nm Distance to next port: …
Picton Castle is through the Torres Strait. Tuesday November 28 – Picton Castle was sailing along blissfully 6 miles north of Eastern Fields, a coral reef or sunken atoll, 100 miles SE of Bramble Cay, and Pandora’s Passage* and on to Bligh’s Entrance to the Torres Strait, the narrow shallow stretch of water separating Papua …
Date: 30 November 2023 Sailing from: Luganville, Vanuatu Bound towards: Bali, Indoneisa Noon position: 10°29.9’S 142°15.6’E Course: WxS1/4S Speed: 7.3 knots Wind force and direction: Force 1 SSE Seas/swell: <1m SE Water temperature: 82.5°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 174nm Passage log: 1,635nm Voyage log: 13,544nm Distance to next port: 1,579nm Sails set: Outer …
Days just run one into another on a tradewind passage under square sail such as the one we are enjoying now. Apart from wearing ship we barely touch a line for days. Routines become routine. Sun rises and sets, stars come out, moon grows fuller, winds pull us along over gentle seas at a rate …
Date: 29 November 2023 Sailing from: Luganville, Vanuatu Bound towards: Bali, Indonesia Noon position: 9°26.7’S 144°30.8’E Course: NWxN Speed: 3.3 knots Wind force and direction: Force 1 SE Seas/swell: 1m SE Barometer: 1013 Steady Sky: 5/8 st, cu Water temperature: 81.8°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 80nm Passage log: 1,461nm Voyage log: 13,370nm Distance …
Last Saturday in Lunenburg was the much-anticipated annual Santa Claus Parade, and with over 40 floats participating and large crowds of spectators all around it seemed to us like the whole town was involved! Spirits were high as our Picton Castle shore crew and friends gathered at Blockhouse Hill by our float in partnership with …
Date: 28 November 2023 Sailing from: Luganville, Vanuatu Bound towards: Bali, Indonesia Noon position: 9°53.2’S 145°40.3’E Course: W Speed: 2.7 knots Wind force and direction: Force SSE Seas/swell: 1m SExS Barometer: 1013 Steady Sky: 6/8 cu, ac Water temperature: 80.8°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 65nm Passage log: 1,381nm Voyage log: 13,290nm Distance to …
Separating Australia and Papua New Guinea, the Torres Strait is a narrow archipelago of scattered islands with some fascinating history, cultures and ancestry. Strong currents and blistering hot sun but it leads us to the Arafura Sea, Timor Sea and on towards Bali. When we pass into the Torres Strait we leave the South Pacific …
Date: 23 November 2023 Sailing from: Luganville, Vanuatu Bound towards: Bali, Indonesia Noon position: 14°07.7’S 151°54.4’E Course: WxS Speed: 4.6 knots Wind force and direction: Force 3 SExS Seas/swell: 2m SExE Barometer: 1015 Steady Sky: 1/8 cu, ci, hot and sunny Water temperature: 80°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 111nm Passage log: 899nm Voyage …
Date: 27 November 2023 Sailing from: Luganville, Vanuatu Bound towards: Bali, Indonesia Noon position: 10°32.3’S 146°27 .3’E Course: NNW Speed: 4.2 knots Wind force and direction: Force 3 SExE Seas/swell: 2m Barometer: 1013 Steady Sky: 3/8 cu, ac, hot and sunny Water temperature: 79.5°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 101nm Passage log: 1,316nm Voyage …
