Applications are now open for all professional crew positions aboard Picton Castle’s upcoming voyage Around the World By Way of Cape Horn All professional crew applicants must have STCW Basic Training (STCW VI/1) Lead seamen must have STCW Rating Forming Part of a Navigational Watch (STCW II/4) Mates must have STCW II/2 To apply, please […]
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On March 23, at about 1500 our pilot boarded the Picton Castle and we steamed out of Duncan Dock, Cape Town, bound North and to sea. We had just taken on 7 tons of diesel fuel, cleared out at Immigration RSA. The main engine had been warmed up and hawsers singled up. Backed down a
Date: 24 March 2024 Sailing from: Cape Town, South Africa Bound towards: Luderitz, Namibia Noon position: 32°06.7’S 17°22’W Course: NxE3/4E Speed: 6.2 knots Wind force and direction: Force 3 NNW Seas/swell: 3m Northerly Barometer: 1017 Steady Sky: 2/8 cu, ac Water temperature: 59.5°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 117nm Passage log: 117nm Voyage log:
The Morelands head into the hinterlands of southern Africa… Some 20 plus years ago a young son of a farming family, from deep in the interior of South Africa, found his way to join the crew of the Barque Picton Castle. No surprise to say that the ship was in Cape Town on a voyage
We are having lovely days here at Cape Town in the Picton Castle. Usually sunny (rained this morning – need to dry sails), sometimes with a howling SE breeze blasting over the Cape Flats and Table Mountain, pushing the “tablecloth” off Table Mountain. Never too hot. Gulls soar overhead. These nice blue wooden fishing boats
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Dateline: Cape Town, South Africa – March 2024 The Picton Castle is in Africa!!!!! After 20 days at sea and a swift passage around the Cape of Good Hope, the Picton Castle (and her crew) are all settled in the V&A basin in old Cape Town harbour. After clearing in (as per legal requirements) in
While we passed through three breakwaters wending our way in to get to this berth, this spot is, we are told, the original sea facing bulkhead/sea wall of the original built waters edge. All manner of interesting rocks, bricks and timbers in its make up. In this image we see the “table cloth” spilling over
The Picton Castle had a fine classic sailing ship passage from the lovely island of Reunion in the western Indian Ocean off the coast of Madagascar, all the way around the Cape of Good Hope to Cape Town, South Africa. Twenty days and about 2,000 nautical miles. Good sailing all the way to Africa. Once
Date: 22 February 2024 Sailing from: Reunion Bound towards: Cape Town, South Africa Noon position: 34°52.9’S 020°34.9’E Course: NW 3/4W Speed: 6.4 knots Wind force and direction: Force 1 SW Seas/swell: 4m SSW Barometer: 1019 Steady Sky: 8/8 st Water temperature: 69.5°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 154nm Passage log: 2,189nm Voyage log: 21,127nm
Date: 21 February 2024 Sailing from: Reunion Bound towards: Cape Town, South Africa Noon position: 34°55.6’S 023°31.7’E Course: N Speed: 6.3 knots Wind force and direction: Force 4 WNW Seas/swell: 2m NWxW Barometer: 1017 Steady Sky: 6/8 cu, st Water temperature: 74.4°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 152nm Passage log: 2,035nm Voyage log: 20,973nm
