Our barque Picton Castle was sailed off the hook at Saint Martin and made her was SW towards Republic Del Panama. Something over a thousand miles ago. After a nine-day boisterous passage from that Dutch/French tradewind island of the eastern Caribbean in the tropical sun, with light winds and gale force days and big nasty …
Date: 17 June 2023 Sailing from: Lunenburg Bound towards: Panama Noon position: 11°38.2’N 078°50.4’W Course: WSW Wind force and direction: Force 4-5 ESE Seas/swell: 4m E Barometer: 1015.5 Sky: 8/8 Distance made good in 24 hours: 103nm Voyage log: 3421nm Distance to next port:149nm Sails set: Fore topmast staysail, Main topmast staysail Remarks: Big line …
Date: 16 June 2023 Sailing from: Lunenburg Bound towards: Panama Noon position: 11°59.5’N 077°22.9’W Course: SWxW1/2W Speed: 5.4kn Wind force and direction: Force 5 Seas/swell: 4m E Barometer: 1014.5 steady Sky:7/8 Water temperature: 83.4°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 131nm Passage log: 903.4nm Voyage log: 3318nm Distance to next port: 213.7nm Sails set: Inner …
Here on Wednesday, June 14 in the early AM the Picton Castle is about halfway from Saint Martin to the Panama Canal. The overall distance is about 1,100 miles. The ship is bowling along at 6-7 knots under upper topsails in very warm (hot?) tradewinds, about 80 miles north of the east end of Colombia. …
Dawn at 13-02 N and 72-50 W. About 150 miles off the coast of Colombia, sailing WSW under shortened sail bound towards Panama in the Barque Picton Castle. The wind is blowing hard. Beaufort scale Force 7, sometimes 8. Seas piled up and four to six meters high and coming at us at speed. Steering …
Date: 15 June 2023 Sailing from: Lunenburg, actually Saint Martin Bound towards: Panama Noon position: 12°54.9’N 075°23.3’W Course: SWxW1/2W Speed: 6.3 knots Wind force and direction: Force 6-7 ExS Seas/swell: 4-5m E Barometer: 1015 Sky: 7/8 – kinda cloudy and hazy too Water temperature: 82.6°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 152nm Passage log: 775nm …
Date: 14 June 2023 Sailing from: Lunenburg Bound towards: Panama Noon position: 13°34.5’N 072°53.4’W Course: WxS Speed: 5.8 knots Wind force and direction: Force 5 ESE Seas/swell: 2.5m ExS Barometer: 1015 steady Sky: 3/8 cu, ci Water temperature: 81.5°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 138nm Passage log: 625.8nm Voyage log: 3035nm Distance to next …
Date: 13 June 2023 Sailing from: Lunenburg, by way of Anguilla and Saint Martin Bound towards Panama Noon position: 14°28.9’N 070°43.7’W Course: WSW Speed: 5.3 knots, 9 knots in squalls Wind force and direction: Force 4 ESE Seas/swell: 1m ExS Barometer: 1016.5 and falling Sky: 3/8 but hot and blue, blue, blue Water temperature: 81.5°F …
Date: 12 June 2023 Sailing from: Lunenburg Bound towards: Panama Noon position: 15°29.9’N 068°40.2’W Course: WxS Speed: 5.3knots Wind force and direction: Force 4 ESE Seas/swell: 1.5m ExS Barometer: 1017.5 Sky: 3/8 cu Water temperature: 82.5°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 130nm Passage log: 355.3nm Voyage log: 2762nm Distance to next port: 750nm Remarks: …
Date: 10 June 2023 Sailing from: Lunenburg Bound towards: Panama Noon position: 17°19.2’N 065°00’W Course: WxS 1/2 S Speed: 5.3knots Wind force and direction: Force 4 ExS Seas/swell: 1-2m ESE Barometer: 1018.5 steady Sky: 2/8 light fluffy tradewind clouds scudding by overhead Water temperature: 83.0°F Passage log: 2533nm Voyage log: 2522nm Distance to next port: …
