The Galapagos Islands are right on the equator at about 90 degrees west longitude. Pitcairn Island lays just outside the tropics at 24 South and 135 West longitude, and is 2,700 nautical miles away from the Galapagos Islands. There is nothing in between these two legandary iconic places besides ocean. No place to pull over, […]
Date: 23 July 2023 Sailing from: Galapagos Bound towards: Pitcairn Island Noon position: 6°02.9’S 099°09.6’W Course: SW1/2W Speed: 5.2 knots Wind force and direction: Force 4 SSE Seas/swell: 2m SExS Barometer: 1017.5 steady Sky: 4/8 Water temperature: 76.7°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 126nm Passage log: 656nm Voyage log: 5350nm Distance to next port:
Date: July 22nd,2023 Sailing from: Galapagos Bound towards: Pitcairn Island Noon position: 4°52.7’S 097°24.4’W Course: SWxS Speed: 5.8 knots Wind force and direction: Force 4 SSE Seas/swell: 2-3m SExS Barometer: 1017 Rising Sky: 4/8 Water temperature: 77.7°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 123nm Passage log: 530nm Voyage log: 5224nm Distance to next port: 2236nm
Date: 21 Jul 2023 Sailing from: Galapagos Bound towards: Bounty Bay, Pitcairn Island Noon position: 3°43.9’S 095°45.9’W Course: WSW Speed: 6.4 knots Wind force and direction: Force 4 Southerly Sea well: 1.5m SxE Barometer: 1016.5 Steady Sky: 8/8 but clearing Water temperature: 77.2°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 131nm Passage log: 407nm Voyage log:
Date: 20 July 2023 Sailing from: Galapagos Bound towards: Pitcarin Noon position: 2°45.2’S 093°49.8’W Course: SW Speed: 5.7 knots Wind force and direction: Force 4 SSE Seas/swell: 2m SxE Barometer: 1016 steady Sky: 2/8 Water temperature: 76.7°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 139nm Passage log: 276nm Voyage log: 4971nm Distance to next port: 2484nm
Yesterday we topped up fuel at the barren island of Baltra in the Galapagos, then set sail to the west and bound deep into the South Pacific Ocean. The gang sailed off the hook with aplomb. The Picton Castle crew had a grand view of these amazing islands as we sailed between them for the
Date: 19 July 2023 Sailing from: Galapagos Bound towards: Pitcairn Island Course: SW Speed: 5.7 knots Wind force and direction: Force 3-4 SSE Seas/swell: 1.5m SxE Barometer: 1015.5 falling Sky: 7/8 Distance made good in 24 hours: 137nm Passage log: 137nm Voyage log: 4832nm Distance to next port: 2615nm Sails Set: Flying jib, Outer jib,
Our Barque Picton Castle came to anchor at the town and in the harbour of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, aka “Bahia Naufragio”, aka “Wreck Bay,” on the island of San Cristobal, Galapagos, Ecuador, at about 1400 Sunday, July 9, 2023, after a passage of 8 days from Panama. The well protected deep harbour is crowded with
The Panama Canal takes thousands of miles off a passage to and from the Pacific for any vessel. But it was rare indeed in the later years of commercial sail for a big commercial sailing ship to use the Canal. For a relatively small fee from a tug a sailing ship could save months at
Date: 8 July 2023 Sailing from: Panama Bound towards: Galapagos Noon position: 0°13.9’S 088°44.4’W Course: WSW Speed: 3.9 knots Wind force and direction: Force 4 SxE Seas/swell: 2m SxE Barometer: 1016 Steady Sky: 6/8 Water temperature: 78.6°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 93nm Passage log: 4546nm Voyage log: 925nm Distance to next port:62.5 nm
