The Captain's Log
Picton Castle Captain and his crew post of their travels around the world.
At Bush Islands
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 …
Update from Picton Castle
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 …
Sailing Away
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 …
Morning onboard
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 …
Sailing date set!
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 …
Laying in Provisions
Provisioning for Picton Castle is like grocery shopping on steroids. When you consider that we have 40 to 50 crew members aboard and we make …
Website difficulties
Greetings from Picton Castle’s office in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. It’s Thursday May 4th 2023. All of the crew are fired up, getting the ship …
Mail for the PICTON CASTLE crew.
If you wondering when and where to send mail to reach the crew onboard the Picton Castle, here are the details!
Up in the rig-SAFETY ALOFT
From our last workshop (fire fighting), onward and …upward… Literally… PICTON CASTLE is a sailing ship. A square rigger. A handy barque as she would …
Fire prevention & fire fighting.
As PICTON CASTLE’s departure date for WV8 comes ever clearer into view and our voyage preparation has ramped up to full capacity, we have begun …