Land Ho! Last week, after 31 days across the South Atlantic from St Helena and over 4,000 nautical miles of bowling tradewinds and rolling tropical seas, the Barque Picton Castle sailed around Gun Point into the harbour at Hillsborough, Carriacou, part of the nation of Grenada in the southern eastern Caribbean. Before that by a few hours, […]
What does the shore crew get up to when everyone else is at sea? Sometimes it is connecting with folks joining the next leg or voyage, making sure everything is ready for the ship’s arrival in July (the countdown has begun!), or going to talk to the grade eights of Georges P. Vanier Junior High School
Date: 18 May 2024Sailing from: St. HelenaBound towards: Grenada, West IndiesNoon position: 12°19.1’N 061°06.8′ WCourse: NNWSpeed: 7.8 knotsWind force and direction: Force 5 ENESeas/swell: 3m EBarometer: 1016Sky: 4/8Water temperature: 82.1°FDistance made good in 24 hours: 186nmPassage log: 4,058nmVoyage log: 27,307nmDistance to next port: 29nmRemarks: Land Ho! What a sight after 31 days at sea. The
250 miles to go to the Windward Isles and it feels like a grand Caribbean tradewind morning. Indeed it does! A month at sea from St Helena and racing for harbour. Dawn finds our barque romping along at 6.5 knots off the mouth of the Orinoco River, Venezuela, bound for the southern Windward Islands of
May 16, 2024; 136 miles off Georgetown, Guyana, South America At 0400 a starry night overhead, for a change. With no moon the sky reveals all the stars it can. The Milky Way is directly overhead, its broad band swathing the sky from horizon to horizon. The northern end lays a point forward of the
Date: 16 May 2024Sailing from: St. HelenaBound towards: Grenada, West IndiesNoon position: 08°55.0’N 057°04.8′ WCourse: NWxNSpeed: 4.5 knotsWind force and direction: Force 3 NESeas/swell: 2m ExNBarometer: 1015Sky: 3/8 cu, ac, csWater temperature: 82.3°FDistance made good in 24 hours: 110nmPassage log: 3,740nmVoyage log: 26,989nmDistance to next port: 341nmRemarks: We are 120 miles NW of Guyana, under
Date: 15 May 2024 Sailing from: St. Helena Bound towards: Grenada, West IndiesNoon position: 07°55.9’N 055°31.8′ WCourse: NW 1/2 NSpeed: 6.7 knotsWind force and direction: Force 3 ENESeas/swell: 3m EBarometer: 1016Sky: 8/8 st, nsWater temperature: 81.5°FDistance made good in 24 hours: 163nmPassage log: 3,630nmVoyage log: 26,879nmDistance to next port: 449nmRemarks by guest author, Amelia: Another
May 15, 2024, 0647. The Picton Castle is about 105 miles north of Paramaribo, Suriname. At 07-41N / 055-02W and 480 miles from Grenada. It has been raining and squalling all night. Big squalls pushing us along at up to almost 10 knots at times. Royals, flying jib and spanker are in. Such sail handling has become
Date: 14 May 2024Sailing from: St. HelenaBound towards: Grenada, West IndiesNoon position: 06°37.4’N 053°09′ WCourse: NW 1/2 NSpeed: 6.5 knotsWind force and direction: Force 2 ENESeas/swell: 2m NEBarometer: 1016Sky: 7/8 st, cuWater temperature: 81.8°FDistance made good in 24 hours: 157nmPassage log: 3,467nmVoyage log: 26,716nmDistance to next port: 609nmRemarks: Squalls during the night kept the watches
Date: 13 May 2024Sailing from: St. HelenaBound towards: Grenada, West IndiesNoon position: 05°06.2’N 051°01.7′ WCourse: NWxW 1/2 WSpeed: 6 knotsWind force and direction: Force 5 NExNSeas/swell: 3m ExNBarometer: 1015Sky: 8/8 st, cnWater temperature: 82.1°FDistance made good in 24 hours: 146nmPassage log: 3,310nmVoyage log: 26,559nmDistance to next port: 769nmRemarks: Ollie and Bruce did a fantastic job
