Date May 29, 2024Position 12-02.638N / 061-45.656W – At Anchor off St George’s, Grenada, West IndiesPort anchor out with three shots of chain well in the water in 30’ in hard sand. Anchor holding niceWeather: 85 degrees F, sunny with rain showers Water temp: 82 degrees FRemarks: Watch change day. All Hands muster at 0800 and […]
Date: May 28, 2024Position: 12-02.638N / 061-45.656W – At Anchor off St George’s, Grenada, West IndiesPort anchor out with three shots of chain well in the water in 30’ in hard sand. Anchor holding nice.Weather: 85 degrees F, sunnyRemarks: Work on the skiff continued ashore with Curtis and Amelia. Fibre glassing was finished on the
Date: May 27, 2024 Position: 12-02.638N / 061-45.656W – At Anchor off St George’s, Grenada, West IndiesPort anchor out with three shots of chain well in the water in 30’ in hard sand. Anchor holding niceWeather: 85 degrees F, sunny with occasional light rain showers, gusty easterly winds.Remarks: Starboard watch relieved Port watch at 0800
Land Ho! Last week, after 31 days across the South Atlantic from St Helena and over 4,000 nautical miles of bowling tradewinds and rolling tropical seas, the Barque Picton Castle sailed around Gun Point into the harbour at Hillsborough, Carriacou, part of the nation of Grenada in the southern eastern Caribbean. Before that by a few hours,
What does the shore crew get up to when everyone else is at sea? Sometimes it is connecting with folks joining the next leg or voyage, making sure everything is ready for the ship’s arrival in July (the countdown has begun!), or going to talk to the grade eights of Georges P. Vanier Junior High School
Date: 18 May 2024Sailing from: St. HelenaBound towards: Grenada, West IndiesNoon position: 12°19.1’N 061°06.8′ WCourse: NNWSpeed: 7.8 knotsWind force and direction: Force 5 ENESeas/swell: 3m EBarometer: 1016Sky: 4/8Water temperature: 82.1°FDistance made good in 24 hours: 186nmPassage log: 4,058nmVoyage log: 27,307nmDistance to next port: 29nmRemarks: Land Ho! What a sight after 31 days at sea. The
250 miles to go to the Windward Isles and it feels like a grand Caribbean tradewind morning. Indeed it does! A month at sea from St Helena and racing for harbour. Dawn finds our barque romping along at 6.5 knots off the mouth of the Orinoco River, Venezuela, bound for the southern Windward Islands of
May 16, 2024; 136 miles off Georgetown, Guyana, South America At 0400 a starry night overhead, for a change. With no moon the sky reveals all the stars it can. The Milky Way is directly overhead, its broad band swathing the sky from horizon to horizon. The northern end lays a point forward of the
Date: 16 May 2024Sailing from: St. HelenaBound towards: Grenada, West IndiesNoon position: 08°55.0’N 057°04.8′ WCourse: NWxNSpeed: 4.5 knotsWind force and direction: Force 3 NESeas/swell: 2m ExNBarometer: 1015Sky: 3/8 cu, ac, csWater temperature: 82.3°FDistance made good in 24 hours: 110nmPassage log: 3,740nmVoyage log: 26,989nmDistance to next port: 341nmRemarks: We are 120 miles NW of Guyana, under
Date: 15 May 2024 Sailing from: St. Helena Bound towards: Grenada, West IndiesNoon position: 07°55.9’N 055°31.8′ WCourse: NW 1/2 NSpeed: 6.7 knotsWind force and direction: Force 3 ENESeas/swell: 3m EBarometer: 1016Sky: 8/8 st, nsWater temperature: 81.5°FDistance made good in 24 hours: 163nmPassage log: 3,630nmVoyage log: 26,879nmDistance to next port: 449nmRemarks by guest author, Amelia: Another
