At the change to the 4-8 watch, we turned to a lovely Caribbean Sea tradewind morning. Most of half a moon was high on the port beam to our south, with plenty of stars too. Some of us saw the Southern Cross for the first time last night. There is a nice song about that. …
One day and 130 miles out and SW of Saint Martin, Picton Castle is sailing along sweetly in perfect Caribbean tradewinds. “Tradewinds” so called due to their being generally quite reliable and thus your ships of trade could depend upon them to get somewhere and back again. Made quite an advancement in commerce once these …
Yesterday afternoon the crew of the Picton Castle had a last swim call at Marigot Bay in Saint Martin, hoisted the boat, loosed sail and sailed their barque off the anchor with no engine assist. All sail set to the t’gallants. We sailed northwest, rounded the western end of Saint Martin and squared away WSW …
Date: 1 June 2023 Sailing from: Lunenburg Bound towards: Panama Noon position: 19°39.4’N 062°12.4,W Course: SW Speed: 4.2knots Wind force and direction: Force 4 SExS Seas/swell: 1m SE Barometer: 1019 steady Sky: 6/8 cu, cb, ac, as Water temperature: 81°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 101nm Passage log: 2250nm Voyage log: 2250nm Distance to …
Here at 0600 the day comes in dark with some rosy sky off to the east. The fresh tradewinds have moderated and have laid down some, with seas reduced as well. Never one for heeling much, the Picton Castle stands up straighter in the seas. We remain braced up on the starboard tack. The watch …
Date: 31 May 2023 Sailing from: Lunenburg Bound towards: Panama Noon position: 21°06.2’N 061°23.6’W Course: SW1/2S Speed: 4.5 knots Wind force and direction: Force 4 SE Seas/swell: 1m SE Barometer: 1020 steady Sky: 6/8 cu, fair weather tradewind clouds, a spot of rain once in awhile Water temperature: 79F Distance made good in 24 hours: …
The day came in warm and balmy. Proper SE tradewinds are setting us along our way. Seas are modest, none greater than 5 or 6 feet. Yards are braced up sharp on the port tack. The Picton Castle heels a bit to starboard as she jogs along at 5 knots, with winds forward of the …
Date: 30 May 2023 Sailing from: Lunenburg Bound towards: Panama Noon position: 22°18.8’N 060°34.1’W Course: SxW Speed: 6.6knots Wind force and direction: Force 2-3 SE Seas/swell: 1m SE Barometer: 1019.5 Sky: 1/8 cu Water temperature: 80°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 159nm Passage log: 2063nm Voyage log: 2063nm Distance to next port: 275nm Remarks: …
Date: 29 May 2023 Sailing from: Lunenburg Bound towards: Panama Noon position: 25° 08’N 059° 59.9’W Course: SSW Speed: 6.8knots Wind force and direction: Force 2 SSE Seas/swell: 1m SExE Barometer: 1020 Sky: 4/8 cu, as Water temperature: 78°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 178nm Passage log: 1904nm Voyage log: 1904nm Distance to next …
The 4 to 8 watch gets woken about 03:20 for their 04:00 AM watch on deck, taking over from those that have had the duty between 12 and 4. They get dressed according to the weather (fair, clear and warm just now), maybe get some coffee at the alfresco coffee station back aft. Always interesting …
