Date: 6 August 2023 Sailing from: Galapagos, Ecuador Bound towards: Pitcairn Island Noon position: 17° 15.4’S 118°17.8’W Course: SW Speed: 1.6 knots Wind force and direction: Force 1 NWxW Seas/swell: 1m ExN Barometer: 1021 Steady Sky: 1/8 cu Water temperature: 74.4°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 38nm Passage log: 1996nm Voyage log: 6700nm Distance …
Well, we are having quite the sailing ship pasage towards our desire – Pitcairn’s Island. The first half of the passage, all 1,350 miles of it was straight up great sailing. Seas not so big, yards on the backstays, braced fairly sharp to the SE breeze, but good sailing all the way from Sanata Cruz, …
Date: 05 August 2023 Sailing from: Galapagos, Ecuador Bound towards: Pitcairn Island Noon position: 16°45.1’S 117°56.8’W Course: SW Speed: 1.5 knots Wind force and direction: Force 2 NNW Seas/swell: 2m E Barometer: 1019 Steady Sky: 1/8 cu, st Water temperature: 74.7°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 36nm Passage log: 1958nm Voyage log: 6662nm Distance …
Date: 04 August 2023 Sailing from: Galapagos, Ecuador Bound towards: Pitcairn Island Noon position: 16°20.1’S 117°35.8’W Course: S Speed: 3.7 knots Wind force and direction: Force 2 NxE Seas/swell: 1.5m ExN Barometer: 1020 Steady Sky: 6/8 cu, st Water temperature: 75.2°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 91nm Passage log: 1922nm Voyage log: 6626nm Distance …
Date: 3 August 2023 Sailing from: Galapagos, Ecuador Bound towards: Piticairn Island Noon position: 15°27.5’S 116°21.1’W Course: SW Speed: 5 knots Wind force and direction: Force 4 SExE Seas/swell: 3.5m SExE Barometer: 1020 Steady Sky: 7/8 cu, st Water temperature: 74.4°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 122nm Passage log: 1831nm Voyage log: 6535nm Distance …
Date: 2 August 2023 Sailing from: Galapagos, Ecuador Bound towards: Pitcairn Island Noon position: 14°27.9’S 114°33.3’W Course: SW Speed: 5 knots Wind force and direction: Force 5 SSE Seas/swell: 4m ESE Barometer: 1022 Rising Sky: 7/8 st Water temperature: 75.7°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 121nm Voyage log: 6413nm Distance to next port: 1081nm …
Date: 1 August 2023 Sailing from: Galapagos Bound towards: Pitcairn Island Noon position: 13°44.7’S 112°26.9’W Course: SWxW1/2W Speed: 5-6 knots Wind force and direction: Force 6 SxE Seas/swell: 4m SxE Barometer: 1021 Steady Sky: 6/8 cu, st Water temperature: 75.7°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 96nm Passage log: 1588nm Voyage log: 6282nm Distance to …
Are you wanting to send mail to the crew for when the ship arrives in Fiji? Please send your mailing to the following address: Crew member name S/V PICTON CASTLE c/o Walter Williams P.O.BOX 370, Nabua Suva Fiji Islands *Hold for arrival of S/V PICTON CASTLE on or about September 26, 2023
Date: 31 July 2023 Sailing from: Galapagos Bound towards: Pitcairn Island Noon position: 13°40’S 110°50.2’W Course: SW Speed: 1.4 knots Wind force and direction: Force 1 SE Seas/swell: 3m Southerly Barometer: 1020 Rising Sky: 2/8cu Water temperature: 75.7°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 34nm Passage log: 1492nm Voyage log: 6186nm Distance to next port: …
The Picton Castle (and her crew) are almost halfway to Pitcairn Island in just ten days – it has been a fine passage so far. Pretty much upon departure from the Galapagos we have had a fresh and useful breeze filling the sails and pulling us onward, ever further and deeper into the South Pacific …
