Thanks to the Nova Scotia Seamanship Education Society, a registered charity in Canada, and a generous anonymous donor, financial aid will be available for trainees on Picton Castle’s upcoming World Voyage. We recognize that the World Voyage trainee fee is a big amount and out of reach for many who would benefit from the voyage […]
Today’s Captain’s Log is written by guest author Mike Rutstein of Marlinspike Magazine: Serendipity isn’t a word you hear people using a lot in 2020. But towards the end of the summer, two announcements crossed my desk that tied in nicely together. In the first, Captain Dan Moreland and Maggie Ostler wrote to confirm that
This past weekend was Thanksgiving in Canada (yes, it’s held earlier than Thanksgiving in the USA due to harvest season coming earlier here). As I was harvesting the last of the tomatoes out of my backyard garden at home, I was thinking about all that we have to be grateful for, even in this year
Sailing around the world in the Barque PICTON CASTLE, its no secret that on top of sailing around 30,000 ocean miles, we put in at some pretty cool places along the way. In fact, my husband (the Captain) likes to say that we only stop at super cool places, and he’s right. Quite often I’m
The other day I was telling an old friend about a wonderful trip I took by train and he asked why I enjoyed it so much. The bunks were cool, the food was great, the scenery was amazing, and there was time to take it in and enjoy it. I attribute my appreciation of slow
After the storm last night the morning came in clearing up with strong west-north-west winds howling across the waters. Schooners and other yachts anchored in the harbour, the fishing vessels and the Picton Castle alongside Lunenburg’s venerable and historic wharves tugged at their moorings without straining them. The storm has passed. No real damage around
One of the many hurricanes of this Atlantic 2020 hurricane season is headed our way here in late September. Some days ago Hurricane TEDDY took form out in the exceptionally warm sub-tropical waters of the North Atlantic somewhere east and north of the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean. Hot winds that blow in from Africa
Hurricane TEDDY – headed for Nova Scotia tonight Read More »
Here at Picton Castle headquarters in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, we’ve been monitoring Hurricane Teddy for many days now. This brute is approaching Nova Scotia from the direction of Bermuda, due south – meaning headed north for us. Back in June, we wrote a Captain’s Log about the prediction that the 2020 hurricane season would
Over the past week, Picton Castle and our wharf and warehouse have been involved in a top secret project here in Lunenburg that we unfortunately can’t tell you anything about yet, but we can tell you about moving the ship at the wharf. Most of the wharves in Lunenburg are like fingers, extending out from
When Picton Castle World Voyage crew sign off the ship and see their friends and families again, one of the questions they’re most often asked is “what was your favourite port?” A voyage around the world in the Barque Picton Castle covers an awful lot of ocean, about 30,000 nautical miles worth. And on this
