The Captain's Log
Picton Castle Captain and his crew post of their travels around the world.
Day’s Run – February 8, 2024
Date: 08 February 2024 Sailing from: Reunion Bound towards: Cape Town, South Africa Noon position: 23°33.3’S 051°43.3’E Course: W1/2N Speed: 3.4 knots Wind force and …
Day’s Run – February 7, 2024
Date: 07 February 2024 Sailing from: Reunion Bound towards: Cape Town, South Africa Noon position: 22°42.2’S 052°52.1’E Course: WxN Speed: 3 knots Wind force and …
Day’s Run – February 6, 2024
Date: 06 February 2024 Sailing from: Reunion Bound towards: Cape Town, South Africa Noon position: 21’50.3’S 053’48.6’E Course: W 1/2 S Speed: 4.1 knots Wind …
Reunion Days
We brought the Picton Castle into Port Ouest on the NW coast of La Reunion after 31 days at sea from Bali. Mostly an excellent …
Picton Castle at Reunion Island
Blowing a holy-hooly outside now! Pretty happy we are tied up securely inside behind big breakwaters. On the afternoon of January 23rd Tammy with Liam …
Workshops
In the Barque Picton Castle, on a long voyage, we engage a range of approaches to learning for the crew, absorbing and teaching about ships …
Day’s Run – January 22, 2024
Date: 22 January 2024 Sailing from: Serangan, Bali Bound towards: Reunion Noon position: 20’23.5’S 059’15.4’E Course: WxN 1/2 N Speed: 7.7 knots Wind force and …
Day’s Run – January 21, 2024
Date: 21 January 2024 Sailing from: Serangan, Bali Bound towards: Reunion Noon position: 19’24.5’S 062’20.1’E Course: WxN Speed: 6.8 knots Wind force and direction: Force …
Bound for Reunion, Almost There
Here in the early afternoon the Picton Castle is paddling pretty hard to get into port at Reunion tomorrow, Tuesday January 23, with Reunion 207 …
Day’s Run – January 20, 2024
Date: 20 January 2024 Sailing from: Serangan, Bali Bound towards: Reunion Noon position: 18’29.1’S 065’01.9’E Course: WxN Speed: 7 knots Wind force and direction: Force …