The Captain's Log
Picton Castle Captain and his crew post of their travels around the world.
World Circumnavigation Voyage
Picton Castle was originally scheduled to set sail on a year-long voyage to the South Pacific in May 2020. Because of COVID-19, that didn’t happen …
Postponement of the Voyage to the South Pacific
The Barque Picton Castle will not be sailing this fall for the South Pacific. As the most recently revised scheduled start of our voyage approaches …
Washing and Oiling the Decks
Last week we started our twice-weekly work parties here on the PICTON CASTLE. As you may have learned in earlier Captain’s Logs posted this Spring, …
Picton Castle Alumni Carlyle Brown
The author of this Captain’s Log is Captain Carlyle Brown. Carl is a Picton Castle shipmate from several voyages. He has had an extensive career …
Record-Breaking Atlantic Hurricane Season for 2020
Here at the Barque Picton Castle we are naturally keenly interested in weather, weather trends, weather forecasts, and of course, the North Atlantic Hurricane Season. …
Honouring Christel DeHaan, Founder of Christel House South Africa
Any of you who have sailed into Cape Town, South Africa in Picton Castle on a world voyage, or any of you who have virtually …
Bosun School Summer 2020 on Lunenburg Harbour
Here on Lunenburg’s working waterfront, with the Picton Castle’s Voyage to the South Pacific on hold, we want to do something worthwhile and interesting. So, …
Spring Cleaning
It has been a long winter for Picton Castle alongside. She longs for her crew. Crew in this and any ship are the life-blood of …
Whale Ship or Training Ship?
I’m a bit embarrassed to admit that I only just recently read the excellent book “In The Heart Of The Sea” by Nathaniel Philbrick. It …
Drying Sails
It had been a long winter, and an even longer spring – with the Pandemic making molasses out of time. With a beautiful forecast predicted …