Date: 6 May 2024Sailing from: St. HelenaBound towards: Grenada, West IndiesNoon position: 03°01.3’S 036°20.1′ WCourse: NW 1/2 WSpeed: 6.3 knotsWind force and direction: Force 5Seas/swell: 3m SEBarometer: 1013 fallingSky: 4/8 ci, as, acWater temperature: 83.8°FDistance made good in 24 hours: 153nmPassage log: 2,278nmVoyage log: 25,526nmDistance to next port: 1,780nmRemarks: After lunch yesterday the skies cleared. […]
The circumperambulating Barque Picton Castle sailed dramatically out of sweet sunny SE tradewinds a few days ago and into the InterTropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ hereafter). For a couple days we had squalls every hour or so, and squalls with some good push in them as well. Got her going over 9 knots at times under
Date: 5 May 2024Sailing from: St. HelenaBound towards: Grenada, West IndiesNoon position: 03°25.6’S 033°53.4′ WCourse: WxN 1/2 NSpeed: 4.6 knotsWind force and direction: Force 4 SESeas/swell: 3m SExEBarometer: 1014Sky: 6/8 cu, ac, ciWater temperature: 83.9°FDistance made good in 24 hours: 112Passage log: 2,125 nmVoyage log: 25,373 nmDistance to next port: 1,898nmRemarks: We are well into
Date: 4 May 2024Sailing from: St. HelenaBound towards: Grenada, West IndiesRemarks: A grey sky greeted the 8-12 watch as they took the deck this morning after breakfast. Squall lines dotted the horizon to weather and the lighter wind sails were taken and stowed in precaution. The rain soon swept in with the increasing wind and
It’s all pretty sweet here with perfect tradewind conditions in the Picton Castle, 300 miles east of Recife on the Atlantic hump of Brazil. We were making westing, light winds fine on port quarter giving us about 4.8 to 5.5 knots. We wore ship to starboard tack here this morning to make a more northwesterly
Date: 3 May 2024Sailing from: St. HelenaBound towards: Grenada, West IndiesNoon position: 06°22.3’S 031°18.1′ WCourse: N 1/2 WSpeed: 5.3 knotsWind force and direction: Force 5 E X SSeas/swell: ESE 3mBarometer: 1013Sky: 4/8 CuWater temperature: 84.3°FDistance made good in 24 hours: 128nmPassage log: 1,867nmVoyage log: 25,115nmDistance to next port: 2,121nmRemarks: Liam bent on the gaff topsail
Date: 1 May 2024Sailing from: St. HelenaBound towards: Grenada, West IndiesNoon position: 08°26.3’S, 028°26.9′ WCourse: NW x WSpeed: 3.7 knotsWind force and direction: Force 4 SSESeas/swell: 2m SEBarometer: 1015 SteadySky: 5/8 CuWater temperature: 83.6°FDistance made good in 24 hours: 90nmPassage log: 1,630nmVoyage log: 24,878nmDistance to next port: 2,330nmRemarks: Light winds prevailed throughout the night. A
Date: 30 April 2024Sailing from: St. HelenaBound towards: Grenada, West IndiesNoon position: 08°32.3’S 026°57.4′ WCourse: NW 1/2 WSpeed: 4.4 knotsWind force and direction: Force 3 SSESeas/swell: 2m SE X SBarometer: 1015 RisingSky: 7/8 St, AcWater temperature: 83.8°FDistance made good in 24 hours: 107 nmPassage log: 1,540 nmVoyage log: 24,788 nmDistance to next port: 2,409 nmRemarks:
April 26, 2024 Another beautiful night at sea under sail. The moon is still pretty full but waning, lighting up the masts, sails and deck, making it all so easy for us to see at night. The star-gazers are waiting for the moon to be gone so the sky can dazzle with stars. The southern
Date: 29 April 2024Sailing from: St. HelenaBound towards: Grenada, West IndiesNoon position: 08°43.8’S 025°10.9′ WCourse: NW 1/2 WSpeed: 5.1 knotsWind force and direction: Force 4 SSESeas/swell: 3m SEBarometer: 1014 SteadySky: 4/8 CuWater temperature: 82.8°F, 28CDistance made good in 24 hours: 122 nmPassage log: 1,433 nmVoyage log: 24,681 nmDistance to next port: 2,506 nmRemarks: Benita put
