Here two days out at midday and 39-47N & 062-52W and a little less than 300 miles south of Lunenburg Nova Scotia, the Picton Castle is crossing the Gulf Stream. The Gulf Stream is a river of hot tropical water brewed up in the Caribbean and Gulf Of Mexico and forced north along the coast …
After a couple of eventful days at anchor, Picton Castle and her crew said their farewells to Nova Scotia. In a light offshore breeze, the gang hove up anchor and the ship slipped by Mosher Island into the open sea. Departure noted: West Ironbound Island bearing N by W, distant 5 miles. Dead reckoning begins …
Picton Castle is at anchor in the Bush Islands off Dublin Shore. Sunny tropical Nova Scotia…. warm and sunny, with a fresh breeze blowing the land dust away. We anchored yesterday afternoon and got settled for the night. In good holding and at an extremely pretty spot, surrounded by small granite islands covered with pine …
Those of you who follow Picton Castle closely will see that on Saturday afternoon, the ship turned around to head back to Nova Scotia. There is a crew member aboard who developed a medical issue, so as a precaution Captain Moreland made the decision to change course. Returning to Nova Scotia was the closest option …
The Barque Picton Castle has sailed from Lunenburg! Please watch this excellent aerial video by Troy Brake of our ship sailing from the wharf and a large crowd in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. After months and months, we are outward bound again, headed south for an island passage into the Caribbean Sea and on to Panama …
At anchor Rose Bay. Day comes calm and cool. Crew lashing ship, bending more sail, MOB training, stowing hawsers, more lashing, learning routines, stowing mess and chains, studying the weather…
We are thrilled to announce that Picton Castle will set sail from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, bound around the world, at 4:00pm on Wednesday May 10, 2023. Everyone is welcome to wish the ship and crew well and wave goodbye from the wharf at 174 Bluenose Drive. We’ll open the gate to the wharf from …
Provisioning for Picton Castle is like grocery shopping on steroids. When you consider that we have 40 to 50 crew members aboard and we make three meals a day plus snacks, and that we often go months without shopping for more food, the quantity of food we need to acquire and load aboard is pretty …
Greetings from Picton Castle’s office in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. It’s Thursday May 4th 2023. All of the crew are fired up, getting the ship ready to sail. We’re writing to let you know that we’re having some difficulties with our website, which is old and getting cranky. We can update the Captain’s Log, but …
If you wondering when and where to send mail to reach the crew onboard the Picton Castle, here are the details!
