Day came in with low broken clouds and a few light squalls. The cleared throughout the morning. “Land Ho” when we saw Ascension Island fine on starboard. Wore ship at noon to the port tack, about 5 and a half miles SE of Ascension Island. The gang barely looked up. Ascension Island was an important …
Day came in partly cloudy and clearing. Wind picked up a bit. A beautiful trade winds day. The new royal yard almost done. New pin rails of Fijian tamanu wood getting varnished and are very pretty. Piles of canvas on the quarterdeck getting sewn together by Tyler and Katie under John’s oversight. Brahm and Aaron …
Day came in cloudy with small rain squalls. By noon had cleared with lovely blue skies. Sundry silly Aprils fools pranks about the ship. Wore ship again at mid-day. New Royal yard almost done, almost ready to send aloft and cross.. Shifting out the fore-upper topsail, send down for repairs. Has a couple small tears …
Day came in fair and partly cloudy. We are on the starboard tack to make some north-ing. We will wear around this afternoon to a more westerly course. Royal yard is almost shaped, awaiting yoke and ironwork. Sweet passage making today. Passage discussion to follow this afternoon. We have a long way to go but …
30 March 2019 The day comes in partly cloudy with modest seas and light tradewinds on the starboard quarter. The Picton Castle sailed from St Helena yesterday noon after a bit of last minute food shopping and clearing out. The ship is bound for the Windward Islands of the Eastern Caribbean, with Grenada as our …
At noon today, the crew of the Picton Castle scrambled aloft, loosed all sail, hauled back the anchor and sailed away from this storied isle. Bound for the West Indies 3,700 miles away we are. Winds are fair, seas modest, weather is warm and clear, skies are blue with nice trade wind cumulus clouds. Fishing …
Day came in light overcast again, clearing some towards noon. Fair winds, small seas. St Helena about 90 nautical miles ahead. Back to work with spar-making, cooking, cleaning, working decks, sorting carrots, sailmaking, off watch reading, navigating, listening to Dawson sing the Popcorn song and see his dance routine. No fish today. Good sailing. Have …
We are sailing along beautifully here in the Picton Castle crossing the South Atlantic Ocean. Ten days out of Luderitz, Namibia we are on a sailing ship passage as fine as one could hope for. With steady trade winds blowing over the quarter, we steer, trim sail, and keep lookout, watch after watch. Studding sails …
Day came in light overcast again, clearing some towards noon. Fair winds, small seas. St Helena about 200 nautical miles ahead. Sunday at sea, make and mend day. Discussion on the charms of St Helena yesterday afternoon. A few crew have been before. All looking forward to it. Nice passage day today. From: Luderitz, Namibia …
Day came in light overcast. Fair winds, small seas. St Helena about 300 nautical miles ahead. Crossed the meridian of Greenwich – now in west longitude. From: Luderitz, Namibia Towards: St Helena Date: March 23, 2019 Noon position: 17-40S / 000-39 West Longitude Course and speed: WNW at 5 knots Wind force and direction: SE …
