We were warned… We had been told that the times, they are a changing at the Panama Canal. And so they have. But Picton Castle must traverse this here canal in order to find us in the Pacific Ocean. We are pretty keen on that. While it may not be obvious in all these downpours […]
Although we’re not quite certain yet which day Picton Castle will transit the Panama Canal (tentatively scheduled for Friday June 23, 2023, but not confirmed), it will be an exciting day and you can follow the ship’s passage through this marvel of modern engineering. Picton Castle is usually scheduled for a daytime transit, which means
Picton Castle is all ready to take a pilot and transit the Panama Canal. Looks like we going through tomorrow AM – maybe. We gather that we will get one hour’s notice before the pilot boarding. They like us to be at the first lock about as dawn breaks, so we will see when we
Our barque Picton Castle was sailed off the hook at Saint Martin and made her was SW towards Republic Del Panama. Something over a thousand miles ago. After a nine-day boisterous passage from that Dutch/French tradewind island of the eastern Caribbean in the tropical sun, with light winds and gale force days and big nasty
Date: 17 June 2023 Sailing from: Lunenburg Bound towards: Panama Noon position: 11°38.2’N 078°50.4’W Course: WSW Wind force and direction: Force 4-5 ESE Seas/swell: 4m E Barometer: 1015.5 Sky: 8/8 Distance made good in 24 hours: 103nm Voyage log: 3421nm Distance to next port:149nm Sails set: Fore topmast staysail, Main topmast staysail Remarks: Big line
Date: 16 June 2023 Sailing from: Lunenburg Bound towards: Panama Noon position: 11°59.5’N 077°22.9’W Course: SWxW1/2W Speed: 5.4kn Wind force and direction: Force 5 Seas/swell: 4m E Barometer: 1014.5 steady Sky:7/8 Water temperature: 83.4°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 131nm Passage log: 903.4nm Voyage log: 3318nm Distance to next port: 213.7nm Sails set: Inner
Here on Wednesday, June 14 in the early AM the Picton Castle is about halfway from Saint Martin to the Panama Canal. The overall distance is about 1,100 miles. The ship is bowling along at 6-7 knots under upper topsails in very warm (hot?) tradewinds, about 80 miles north of the east end of Colombia.
Dawn at 13-02 N and 72-50 W. About 150 miles off the coast of Colombia, sailing WSW under shortened sail bound towards Panama in the Barque Picton Castle. The wind is blowing hard. Beaufort scale Force 7, sometimes 8. Seas piled up and four to six meters high and coming at us at speed. Steering
Date: 15 June 2023 Sailing from: Lunenburg, actually Saint Martin Bound towards: Panama Noon position: 12°54.9’N 075°23.3’W Course: SWxW1/2W Speed: 6.3 knots Wind force and direction: Force 6-7 ExS Seas/swell: 4-5m E Barometer: 1015 Sky: 7/8 – kinda cloudy and hazy too Water temperature: 82.6°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 152nm Passage log: 775nm
Date: 14 June 2023 Sailing from: Lunenburg Bound towards: Panama Noon position: 13°34.5’N 072°53.4’W Course: WxS Speed: 5.8 knots Wind force and direction: Force 5 ESE Seas/swell: 2.5m ExS Barometer: 1015 steady Sky: 3/8 cu, ci Water temperature: 81.5°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 138nm Passage log: 625.8nm Voyage log: 3035nm Distance to next
