Date: 23 May 2023 Sailing from: Lunenburg Bound towards: Panama Noon position: 33° 48.9’N 055° 06.4’W Course: ESE Speed: 6.5 knots under power Wind force and direction: Force 3 SExE Seas/swell: 1m Barometer: 1026 Sail set: at 1400 – Outer jib, Inner jib, Fore tomast staysail, Foresail, Fore lower topsail, Fore upper topsail, Main topmast […]
Date: 22 May 2023 Sailing from: Lunenburg Bound towards: Panama Noon position: 34° 03.2’N 058° 14.9’W Course: ESE Speed: 6.4knots Wind force and direction: Force 3 SE Seas/swell: 1m SExS Barometer: 1025 Sky: 6/8 Water temperature: 67.8°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 154.4nm Passage log: 1089nm Voyage log: 1089nm Distance to next port: 987.8nm
Date: May 21 2023 Sailing from: Lunenburg Bound towards: Anguilla Noon position: 35°02.4’N 060°58.9’W Course: SE Speed: 6.4 knots Wind force and direction: Force 2-3 South Sails set: Main topmast staysail, Fore topmast staysail, inner and outer jibs Seas/swell: 1.5m South Barometer: 1024 Sky: Cloudy, fair and partly cloudy Water temperature: 66.5°F Distance made good
Here two days out at midday and 39-47N & 062-52W and a little less than 300 miles south of Lunenburg Nova Scotia, the Picton Castle is crossing the Gulf Stream. The Gulf Stream is a river of hot tropical water brewed up in the Caribbean and Gulf Of Mexico and forced north along the coast
After a couple of eventful days at anchor, Picton Castle and her crew said their farewells to Nova Scotia. In a light offshore breeze, the gang hove up anchor and the ship slipped by Mosher Island into the open sea. Departure noted: West Ironbound Island bearing N by W, distant 5 miles. Dead reckoning begins
Picton Castle is at anchor in the Bush Islands off Dublin Shore. Sunny tropical Nova Scotia…. warm and sunny, with a fresh breeze blowing the land dust away. We anchored yesterday afternoon and got settled for the night. In good holding and at an extremely pretty spot, surrounded by small granite islands covered with pine
Those of you who follow Picton Castle closely will see that on Saturday afternoon, the ship turned around to head back to Nova Scotia. There is a crew member aboard who developed a medical issue, so as a precaution Captain Moreland made the decision to change course. Returning to Nova Scotia was the closest option
The Barque Picton Castle has sailed from Lunenburg! Please watch this excellent aerial video by Troy Brake of our ship sailing from the wharf and a large crowd in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. After months and months, we are outward bound again, headed south for an island passage into the Caribbean Sea and on to Panama
At anchor Rose Bay. Day comes calm and cool. Crew lashing ship, bending more sail, MOB training, stowing hawsers, more lashing, learning routines, stowing mess and chains, studying the weather…
We are thrilled to announce that Picton Castle will set sail from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, bound around the world, at 4:00pm on Wednesday May 10, 2023. Everyone is welcome to wish the ship and crew well and wave goodbye from the wharf at 174 Bluenose Drive. We’ll open the gate to the wharf from
