Today is the official first day of Bosun School here in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. Students have arrived over the past few days and we got started with our first full day of instruction today. We’re glad to welcome students to this summer’s session! Bosun School is a land-based skills enhancement program for people who […]
Thanks to a generous donation from local elementary and high schools, Picton Castle’s cargo hold will be filled with books to donate to schools in remote and under-resourced schools on our upcoming World Voyage. The books were delivered to our warehouse this morning by Donna and her helper, coordinated by librarian Lisa. They had collected
As we dream of setting sail again, we’re sharing this evocative poem by Lewis R. Freeman with you: “The Tracks of the Tradewinds” Take me back, take me back to the Tracks of the Trades! Let me wander again in the coco palms’ shade, Where the drums of the ocean, in pulsating roar, Beat time
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#PortoftheWeek: St. Barths Saint Barthélemy’s beautiful warm white sand and turquoise waters will await the Picton Castle in Gustavia this World Voyage, for the West Indies Regatta. There, our crew will join various Caribbean sloops and schooners for a few days of racing and fun! Here is an excerpt from a Captain’s Log post in
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada Bosun School 10th Session July 14, 2021 – Sept 29, 2021 Led by Captain Daniel D. Moreland and guest instructors A Seamanship Skills Enrichment Program for Young Seafarers, and a great summer on the water along Lunenburg’s famous and historic working waterfront There is nothing better than real time at sea,
We are all very happy and excited to be hosting a BOSUN SCHOOL session this summer in salty old Lunenburg! Boats, seamanship, sailing, heaps of rigging, fixing boats and ships, varnishing and painting and all the rest is what will occupy our summer days here on the South Western shore soon. There is nothing better
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Flexibility and patience are lessons that ships and the sea teach, we learn to work with the environmental conditions we’re given. Now we’re applying that lesson to organizing the Bosun School – we’re announcing that the start of Bosun School has been delayed by two weeks, starting June 21 instead of June 7. Nova Scotia
THE BOSUN SCHOOL – SUMMER 2021 174 Bluenose Drive – Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada WHY BOSUN SCHOOL? Today there are many excellent programs for mariners on subjects to do with training for emergency situations. Fire fighting tools and techniques, understanding life rafts, correct use of immersion suits, life jackets and more. These courses are very
We are pleased to announce that we are setting up for Bosun School this coming summer 2021 here in Lunenburg Harbour at our wharf and warehouse at the east end of Bluenose Drive and Lunenburg’s working waterfront. All who sign up will get a chance to acquire and hone heaps of ship and boat skills
Towards the end of Picton Castle’s most recent world circumnavigation voyage, the ship’s eighth time around the world, the ship sailed into Bermuda on the way to Nova Scotia, as we usually do. The chief mate was Erin Grieg of both Canada and Bermuda. Bermuda. Bermuda is an island so linked to the sea and
