Date: 4 July 2023 Sailing from: Panama Bound towards: Galapagos Noon position: 01°27’N 082°02.3’W Course: SWxW 1/4 S Speed: 6.5 knots Wind force and direction: Force 3 SxW Seas/swell: 1m SSW Barometer: 1016.5 steady Sky: 3/8 cu Water temperature: 80°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 156nm Passage log: 491nm Voyage log: 4112nm Distance to …
After many hot steamy days at moorings right in Panama City and at the approaching channel for the Big Canal, I wanted the crew to get a break before sailing onward towards Galapagos. Provisioning was done, shopping was done, we were done. A different and pleasent scene, and we still needed to do some small …
To send mail to the crew in Tahiti, here is the postal address and the courier address. Our ship’s agent in Tahiti strongly suggests sending letters or parcels by courier (FedEx, DHL, etc) as it is more reliable and quicker. Postal address Crew name PICTON CASTLE C/O Tahiti SUPERYACHT Support BP 20703 Papeete 98713 Tahiti …
Picton Castle arrived at Balboa after transiting the Panama Canal on a late Friday evening with the sun going down, to settle to her starboard anchor and two stern moorings. One would think that, having started the day early on the Caribbean side, looking forward to sitting back and letting the passage sink in was …
Date: 3 July 2023 Sailing from: Panama Bound towards: Galapagos Noon position: 3°23.34’N 080°24.6’W Course: SW Speed: 6.8 knots Wind force and direction: Force 2 WSW Seas/swell: 1m Westerly Barometer: 1017 rising Sky: 8/8 cu,as,ac Water temperature: 81.5°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 163nm Passage log: 335nm Voyage log: 3956.3nm Distance to next port:607nm …
Date: 2 July 2023 Sailing from: Panama Bound towards: Galapagos Noon position: 5°59.8’N 079°56.8’W Course: SXW Speed: 7.2 knots Wind force and direction: Force 2 Seas/swell: 1m SSW Barometer: 1015 steady Sky: 8/8 rain Water temperature: 82°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 172nm Passage log: 172nm Voyage log: 3793nm Distance to next port: 699.9nm …
Moored and anchored, on the edge of the Pacific approaches to the Panama Canal at Balboa, Panama, the Picton Castle is part of a curious tropical world unto itself. This early morning, unlike others recently, comes in with a shining sun and patches of blue sky overhead. Quite welcome. White clouds piled high make for …
We were warned… We had been told that the times, they are a changing at the Panama Canal. And so they have. But Picton Castle must traverse this here canal in order to find us in the Pacific Ocean. We are pretty keen on that. While it may not be obvious in all these downpours …
Although we’re not quite certain yet which day Picton Castle will transit the Panama Canal (tentatively scheduled for Friday June 23, 2023, but not confirmed), it will be an exciting day and you can follow the ship’s passage through this marvel of modern engineering. Picton Castle is usually scheduled for a daytime transit, which means …
Picton Castle is all ready to take a pilot and transit the Panama Canal. Looks like we going through tomorrow AM – maybe. We gather that we will get one hour’s notice before the pilot boarding. They like us to be at the first lock about as dawn breaks, so we will see when we …
