It’s a public holiday for Epiphany here in the Canary Islands. Last night there was a parade through town to the church, complete with the three wise men riding real camels – we saw the camels come across on the ferry from Tenerife! Meanwhile, aboard ship the watch have been switching out our strong, heavy […]
The watch and all new hands took turns to go out rowing in MONOMOY today.
Happy New Year! Picton Castle saw in 2016 at San Sebastian in the Canary Islands – we had a great view of the fireworks from across the water!
Back to work! Second layout of sails for project-boat Karl, getting the steel lower-topsail yards ready to send aloft again, tweaks to the headrig and a spot of patch serving.
Christmas aboard Picton Castle is something never to be forgotten. Here are some photos of how the crew celebrated. Many more were posted to our Facebook page and we invite you to like our page and have a look through them all!
Picton Castle has arrived at our Christmas port of La Gomera, in the sunny Canary Islands a few hundred miles off the coast of Africa. Our first day in port today and we sent down both steel lower topsail yards for inspection and some routine maintenance. We used the windlass and our own crew: no
Sailed past the islands of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura this morning, leaving them 35 miles off to port. It seems like we only just left Africa, and already we’re in the Canary Islands, expecting to sail past Tenerife and arrive at La Gomera tomorrow. SHIP’S WORK: Sunday at sea. This passage is a short one so
It was the final ditty bag workshop today: fitting the wooden bottom and splicing on a becket for the handle and there you have it: a properly made canvas bag to keep your ditties in. The night watches started baking overnight tonight – got to lay in plenty of cookies and treats for Christmas! SHIP’S
A clear, sunny day of light airs. The Captain declared it a crime to motor on such a fine day so we shut down the engine and set all sails early in the morning, and had a gorgeous day of sailing slowly before taking in sail and steaming overnight to make up time. This afternoon’s
