The Captain's Log
Picton Castle Captain and his crew post of their travels around the world.
Ship’s Doctor – Sail the South Pacific
Picton Castle is in immediate need of a ship’s doctor for Leg 2 of our seventh world circumnavigation voyage. Join Picton Castle about August 11 …
Day’s Run – 7 July, 2018
The wind is light, making steering tricky and keeping the helmsmen on their toes. At 1000 this morning we braced up sharp on a starboard …
Day’s Run – 6 July, 2018
The wind is directly aft of us, yards are braced square and we’re sailing along in a fine Force 3, or 12 to 15 knot …
Day’s Run – 5 July, 2018
Wind has laid down and is almost aft. As the sun rose through the clouds this morning a handful of bright eyed and bushy tailed …
Captain’s Log – Passage to Pitcairn III
The Picton Castle sailed past the halfway mark between Galapagos and Pitcairn a couple nights ago. Southeast winds on the beam for many days and …
Day’s Run – 4 July, 2018
Seas laying down, yards braced almost square to the faired winds, the ceiling of the sky lifting and becoming blue. Happy Fourth of July and …
Day’s Run – 3 July, 2018
The wind has faired as expected. Now it is no longer abeam but well aft. Ocean ocean everywhere. This morning began with gusty winds and …
Day’s Run – 2 July, 2018
Yesterday’s South Seas Seamanship Soiree was a big success. First a neck and neck game of pin rail chases, where a member from each team …
Day’s Run – 1 July, 2018
Rolling down to Pitcairn. Almost halfway. A fresh wind on the port beam, yards braced just so, all sails full and drawing, a white noise as …
Captain’s Log – Passage to Pitcairn Island
Picton Castle: AM position – Latitude 10 degrees – 03 minutes South, Longitude 104 degrees – 23 minutes West The islands of the Galapagos lay …