Date: 28 October 2023 Sailing from: Suva, Fiji Bound towards: Port Vila, Vanuatu Noon position: 18°17’S 174°33.5’E Course: W Speed: 4.4 knots Wind force and direction: Force 3 NxE Seas/swell: 1m ESE Barometer: 1017 Steady Sky: 2/8 cu, Sunny and warm Water temperature: 77.2°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 105nm Passage log: 233nm Voyage …
Date: 30 October 2023 Sailing from: Suva, Fiji Bound towards: Port Vila, Vanuatu Noon position: 18°20.4’S 171°00’E Course: West Speed: 5.5 knots Wind force and direction: Force 3 SWxS Seas/swell: 2m SxW Barometer: 1018 Steady Sky: 6/8 cu, ac Water temperature: 78°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 133nm Passage log: 573nm Voyage log: 11536nm …
Date: 29 October 2023 Sailing from: Suva, Fiji Bound towards: Port Vila, Vanuatu Noon position: 18°37.3’S 173°14.7’E Course: W1/2S Speed: 3.3 knots Wind force and direction: Force 3 NNW Seas/swell: 2m NE Barometer: 1016 Steady Sky: 3/8 ,ac Water temperature: 77.5°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 79nm Passage log: 440nm Voyage log: 11403nm Distance …
Barque Picton Castle, at anchor at Walu Bay, Suva, Fiji The Picton Castle and her outstanding crew enjoyed a classic, even ideal, ocean passage from Tonga to Fiji. Four days of perfect South Pacific trade wind sailing. We all loved it. Now Wednesday morning, as dawn is breaking, the anchor watch is checking lines, slacking …
The last chance to send mail to the crew before the holiday season and the end of 2023 will be in Bali. Our ship’s agents in Bali say the best way to send packages is by DHL and it will take at least a week once the package is in Bali for it to clear …
Date: 15 October 2023 Sailing from: Neifa, Tonga Bound towards: Suva, Fiji Noon position: 18°34.7’S 177°28.6’W Course: W 1/2 S Speed: 4.5 knots Wind force and direction: Force 4 SExS Seas/swell: 2m SSE Barometer: 1020 Steady Sky: 4/8 cu Water temperature: 76.5°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 109nm Passage log: 190nm Voyage log: 10832nm …
Date: 14 October 2023 Sailing from: Neiafu, Tonga Bound towards: Suva, Fiji Noon position: 18°40.6’S 175°34.4’W Course: W 1/2 N Speed: 4.2 knots Wind force and direction: Force 4 SExS Seas/swell: 2m SE Barometer: 1020 Steady Sky: 7/8 st, cu, alst Water temperature: 75.2°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 81nm Passage log: 81nm Voyage …
If you’re a regular reader of the Captain’s Log, you will have heard about the incredible adventures the crew are having on this world circumnavigation voyage aboard Picton Castle. Sailing in all weather, learning a bevy of seamanship skills, exploring exotic ports and islands, getting to know one another and work together to sail this …
We are off under square sail again – we had a warm, brilliant time at Palmerston with all the folks there, soaking up atoll life in the South Pacific. Thanks so much to all you Marsters and to Vina who helped at Rarotonga. But it comes time for a ship to sail, and sail we …
Date: 05 October 2023 Sailing from: Palmerston Island, Cook Islands Bound towards: Tonga Noon position: 17°49.9’S 172°35.2’W Course: W Speed: 4.45 knots Wind force and direction: Force 5 SWxS Seas/swell: 3m S Barometer: 1018 Steady Sky: 3/8 st, cu, stcu Water temperature: 76.8°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 107nm Passage log: 649nm Voyage log: …
