Well, I suppose the first thing to point out is that Bermuda is not one island. Bermuda is many islands, maybe seven or eight larger islands and myriad tiny cays and islets. Lots of bridges to most of them. About 15 miles end to end it’s all not so big but plenty people, maybe 65,000. […]
Bound from: St. George’s, BermudaBound for: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, CanadaNoon position: 35 degrees 48.1’N, 063 degrees 31.9’WSpeed: 4.2 knotsVoyage log: 28,944 nautical milesDay’s Run: 101 nautical milesPassage log: 225 nautical milesDistance to Lunenburg: 513 nautical milesWater temperature: 77.2 degrees FahrenheitRemarks: Under the direction of ship’s bosun Line, the crew set stuns’ls yesterday. Stuns’ls, or studding
Good day everyone, Maggie here, from Picton Castle’s office in Lunenburg. When the ship is underway you rarely hear from me here on the Captain’s Log, but I will be the author of the log for this last passage of Picton Castle’s eighth world voyage. Before arriving in Bermuda, we knew that we were having
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Date: July 4, 2024Ship’s Position: 32°22.7’N, 064°40.8’W- Alongside at Penno’s Wharf, Saint George’s, BermudaWeather: 80.6°F, Sunny Remarks: Port watch takes the deck after a stupendous day exploring the alluring caves and blue holes of Bermuda and visiting our shipmate Zoe’s home where her family greeted us with opened arms. Today the watch breaks into our work
Saturday June 29, 2024 Anguilla towards Bermuda Late afternoon, under all plain sail – 300 miles south of the cut into St George’s, Bermuda. Winds went light this morning, so we fired up and pushed a couple hours. We do have to get there after all. Then the breeze filled in and we set sail
Date: July 2, 2024 Ship’s Position: 32°22.7’N, 064°40.8’W- Alongside at Penno’s Wharf, Saint George’s, BermudaWeather: 79.7°F, Scattered thunder showers Remarks: After a beautiful night of sailing towards Bermuda, we fired up the main engine at 0700 to make a final approach to the island to make the pre-arranged pilot time. We were greeted with the pleasant voices of
Date: July 1, 2024Sailing from: Anguilla, West IndiesBound towards: BermudaNoon position: 30°32.7’N, 064°30.4’WCourse: NxESpeed: 4.6 knotsWind force/ direction: Force 4 ESESeas/swell: 2m SEBarometer: 1021Sky: 2/8 CuWater temperature: 78.6°FDistance made good in 24 hours: 111nmPassage log: 761nmVoyage log: 28598nmDistance to next port: 113nm Remarks: The temperature was noticeably cooler last night with people showing up for
Date: June 30, 2024Sailing from: Anguilla, West IndiesBound towards: BermudaNoon position: 28°40.5’N, 064°25.9’WCourse: NxESpeed: 4.4 knotsWind force/ direction: Force 4 ExNSeas/swell: 1m ExSBarometer: 1023Sky: 3/8 Cu, CiWater temperature: 78.3°FDistance made good in 24 hours: 107nmPassage log: 650nmVoyage log: 28487nmDistance to next port: 224nm Remarks: Light winds this morning called for the engine being fired up
Date: June 29, 2024Sailing from: Anguilla, West IndiesBound towards: BermudaNoon position: 26°57.4’N, 064°04.2’WCourse: NxESpeed: 3.6 knotsWind force/ direction: Force 3 ExNSeas/swell: 1m ExSBarometer: 1022Sky: 5/8 AC,Cc, CuWater temperature: 80.3°FDistance made good in 24 hours: 88nmPassage log: 543nmVoyage log: 28380nmDistance to next port: 328nm Remarks: Noon brings out Jacob, Pearce, Ansleigh and Spring to shoot the
One day north of Anguilla At midday June 25, 2024 the Picton Castle is one day (actually 22 hours) and 130 miles north of the lovely island of Anguilla where all hands had a grand time at our final West Indian island. Much thanks to Elvis, Laurie, Deb, Gabi, Brett, Charmain, and Bankie Banx for making it
