The Captain's Log

Picton Castle Captain and his crew post of their travels around the world.

World Voyage 8

Ranging the chain and shifting the anchor at the shipyard

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 …

Lunenburg

No, No, No, We Ain’t Sailing Yet!

The last Captain’s Log was a gallery of nice images of PICTON CASTLE under sail and at sea. Pretty nice images if I do say …

World Voyage 8

Picton Castle Sailing

Picton Castle sailing….

Lunenburg

Doings aboard the PICTON CASTLE in Shelburne

By Captain D. Moreland with D. Lorenzen Aboard PICTON CASTLE at Shelburne… The last Log entry carried on about our doings in Lunenburg with the …

Lunenburg

More Winter, It’s March!

While getting rained and blown away by gales this is an accurate look at our Lunenburg recently.

World Voyage 8

PICTON CASTLE IN THE SNOW!

Our beloved Barque PICTON CASTLE, now almost five months stuck stranded up on the slipways at Shelburne Ship Repair awaiting launch once the winch is …

World Voyage 8

Crew Doings: Part 2

Cooking. A crew must eat. The crew had been sharing this job until Picton Castle’s chief of cuisine Mr. Church arrived. While they all did …

World Voyage 8

Crew Doings In Lunenburg. Part 1

    What has the crew of the PICTON CASTLE been doing in Lunenburg lately? As we wait for the ship to come off the drydock …

World Voyage 8

The Engine Department Of The Auxiliary Oil Screw Barque PICTON CASTLE.

A ship in full time operation in commission tends to stay in good shape. Yes, wear and tear is a thing but keeping moving is …

World Voyage 8

The Barque Picton Castle-Crew working on the ship as we are waiting to launch.

If you have been following the saga of this sail training ship, the Barque Picton Castle, you probably know that the ship has been stuck …

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