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 three meals a day plus snacks, and that we often go months without shopping for more food, the quantity of food we need to acquire and load aboard is pretty […]

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 ready to sail.  We’re writing to let you know that we’re having some difficulties with our website, which is old and getting cranky.  We can update the Captain’s Log, but

If you wondering when and where to send mail to reach the crew onboard the Picton Castle, here are the details!

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 have been found on the world’s ocean trade routes in abundance in what we call the ‘age of sail’. Most of the oceanic world was explored in ships of this

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 structured fire-fighting orientation and hands-on training for all crew. Naturally, all staff crew have already undergone formal fire fighting training, as have many  of the trainees, so why are we

Today at the Shelburne shipyard we swapped the anchor over from port to starboard. Nice and cool in the shade and warm in the sun of this sunny spring day. Good weather, good fun, good spirits. Good Sailor stuff. Yay! We are told we that the winch is almost repaired and that we will be

Picton Castle sailing….