0430 May 9, 2024: Picton Castle at 0 degrees – 44 minutes South and 045 degrees – 15 minutes West, about 100 miles off the coast of Brazil. Steering northwesterly in an ENE breeze. Small seas. On the recent 12-4 watch just now ended, the winds shifted from ESE to ENE. Now we are braced up on …
Date: 9 May 2024Sailing from: St. HelenaBound towards: Grenada, West IndiesNoon position: 00°04.3’S 043°46.8′ WCourse: N 1/2 WSpeed: 6.3 knotsWind force and direction: Force 3 ESeas/swell: 2m ESEBarometer: 1013Sky: 7/8 StWater temperature: 83.4°FDistance made good in 24 hours: 152nmPassage log: 2,769nmVoyage log: 26,018nmDistance to next port: 1,301nmRemarks: All sail is set and we’re making 7 …
Date: 8 May 2024Sailing from: St. HelenaBound towards: Grenada, West IndiesNoon position: 01°22.6’S 041°43.6′ WCourse: NW 1/2 WSpeed: 7.4 knotsWind force and direction: Force 3 SSESeas/swell: 2 ESEBarometer: 1014Sky: 8/8 st, ns, cuWater temperature: 82.8°FDistance made good in 24 hours: 179nmPassage log: 2,618nmVoyage log: 25,866nmDistance to next port: 1,454nmRemarks: Yesterday evening we dogged the watches, …
Date: 7 May 2024Sailing from: St. HelenaBound towards: Grenada, West IndiesNoon position: 02°22.2’S 038°55.8′ WCourse: NW 1/2 WSpeed: 6.7 knotsWind force and direction: Force 3 SESeas/swell: 2m SExSBarometer: 1013 steadySky: 5/8 cu, cnWater temperature: 83.8°F, 28.6 CDistance made good in 24 hours: 161 nmPassage log: 2,439 nmVoyage log: 25,687nmDistance to next port: 1,604nmRemarks: The light …
Date: 6 May 2024Sailing from: St. HelenaBound towards: Grenada, West IndiesNoon position: 03°01.3’S 036°20.1′ WCourse: NW 1/2 WSpeed: 6.3 knotsWind force and direction: Force 5Seas/swell: 3m SEBarometer: 1013 fallingSky: 4/8 ci, as, acWater temperature: 83.8°FDistance made good in 24 hours: 153nmPassage log: 2,278nmVoyage log: 25,526nmDistance to next port: 1,780nmRemarks: After lunch yesterday the skies cleared. …
The circumperambulating Barque Picton Castle sailed dramatically out of sweet sunny SE tradewinds a few days ago and into the InterTropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ hereafter). For a couple days we had squalls every hour or so, and squalls with some good push in them as well. Got her going over 9 knots at times under …
Date: 5 May 2024Sailing from: St. HelenaBound towards: Grenada, West IndiesNoon position: 03°25.6’S 033°53.4′ WCourse: WxN 1/2 NSpeed: 4.6 knotsWind force and direction: Force 4 SESeas/swell: 3m SExEBarometer: 1014Sky: 6/8 cu, ac, ciWater temperature: 83.9°FDistance made good in 24 hours: 112Passage log: 2,125 nmVoyage log: 25,373 nmDistance to next port: 1,898nmRemarks: We are well into …
Date: 4 May 2024Sailing from: St. HelenaBound towards: Grenada, West IndiesRemarks: A grey sky greeted the 8-12 watch as they took the deck this morning after breakfast. Squall lines dotted the horizon to weather and the lighter wind sails were taken and stowed in precaution. The rain soon swept in with the increasing wind and …
It’s all pretty sweet here with perfect tradewind conditions in the Picton Castle, 300 miles east of Recife on the Atlantic hump of Brazil. We were making westing, light winds fine on port quarter giving us about 4.8 to 5.5 knots. We wore ship to starboard tack here this morning to make a more northwesterly …
Date: 3 May 2024Sailing from: St. HelenaBound towards: Grenada, West IndiesNoon position: 06°22.3’S 031°18.1′ WCourse: N 1/2 WSpeed: 5.3 knotsWind force and direction: Force 5 E X SSeas/swell: ESE 3mBarometer: 1013Sky: 4/8 CuWater temperature: 84.3°FDistance made good in 24 hours: 128nmPassage log: 1,867nmVoyage log: 25,115nmDistance to next port: 2,121nmRemarks: Liam bent on the gaff topsail …
