The Picton Castle sailed from Mangareva in light rain and what looked like fog, with good sailing breezes building out of the southeast. We had laid to anchor in the lovely lagoon a long time waiting for a sailing breeze. Soon all plain sail was set and we were bound for Tahiti. Sounds so magical …
Day’s Run – September 13, 2023 Date: 13 September 2023 Sailing from: Mangareva Bound towards: Tahiti Noon position: 17°52.8’S 148°15.9’W Course: SWxW1/2W Speed: 5.5 knots Wind force and direction: Force 5 ESE Seas/swell: 4 SE Barometer: 1020 Steady Sky: 7/8 cu, stcu Water temperature: 78°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 133nm Passage log: 900nm …
Date: 12 September 2023 Sailing from: Mangareva Bound towards: Tahiti Noon position: 17°41.2’S 146°02.4’W Course: N1/2W Speed: 5.3 knots Wind force and direction: Force 4 SSE Seas/swell: 3m SExS Barometer: 1019 Raising Sky: 5/8 st, stcu, cu Water temperature: 77.5°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 129nm Passage log: 767nm Voyage log: 8874nm Distance to …
By Tammy Moreland When I found out last April in Lunenburg that we (supposedly) weren’t permitted to bring our family’s kitties, Ralphie and Tigress, on board Picton Castle for this voyage due to regulations in the Galapagos Islands (which turned out to be incorrect, after all) I was heartbroken. Not only would we be separated …
Date: 11 September 2023 Sailing from: Mangareva Bound towards: Tahiti Noon position: 18°23.9’S 143°59.6’W Course: WxN 1/2N Speed: 3.1 knots Wind force and direction: Force 3 SSW Seas/swell: 1m SWxW Barometer: 1017 Rising Sky: overcast Water temperature: 76.5°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 76nm Passage log: 638nm Voyage log: 8745nm Distance to next port: …
Date: 08 September 2023 Sailing from: Mangareva Bound towards: Tahiti Noon position: 19°09.6’S 140°05.8’W Course: WNW Speed: 5.4 knots Wind force and direction: Force 4 NNE Seas/swell: 2m NE Barometer: 1018 Steady Sky: 2/8 cu, stcu Water temperature: 77.5°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 130nm Passage log: 396nm Voyage log: 8503nm Distance to next …
Just afternoon, 140 miles NW of Mangareva and the sun has rejoined this ship and her crew. What a pleasure this is for us all! Seas are blue again, winds on the starboard quarter, all sails set and all is right with the world. We are westward bound again in the Picton Castle. Bound for …
Picton Castle is scheduled to set sail on her eighth world circumnavigation voyage shortly. We had hoped, almost expected, to be able to begin the voyage this autumn, but travel restrictions and advisories currently in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic mean that sadly, we must postpone the start of this voyage until the spring of …
Why the change from the Atlantic to the South Pacific? Captain Daniel D. Moreland At the Picton Castle office and aboard the ship here in wintery Lunenburg everyone is pretty excited about the change from sailing to Europe to sailing to the South Pacific. Europe would have been great, but it takes more than me …
One of my favourite parts of my job is working with Captain Moreland to plan Picton Castle’s voyage itineraries. It’s a fairly long process to get it just right, which means we’ll draft something, review it, amend it, review it again, then amend and review a few more times before we are happy with it …
