The Captain's Log
Picton Castle Captain and his crew post of their travels around the world.
New Mizzen Topmast
Most of the crew have now arrived aboard Picton Castle in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada for the Rendezvous 2017 voyage. It’s always an exciting time …
Captain’s Log – 18 April 2017
This summer, Picton Castle will take part in the Rendez-vous 2017 Tall Ships Regatta. Events of this kind are quite rare; they involve tall ships …
La Grand Traversée Airs Starting April 11, 2017
Picton Castle played the role of L’Esperance last summer as the French-language documentary La Grand Traversée was filmed on board while crossing the Atlantic Ocean. …
We’ve Added Two New Legs To This Summer’s Voyage!
This summer Picton Castle will participate in the Rendezvous 2017 Tall Ships Regatta, one of the biggest and most exciting gatherings of tall ships in …
Tall Ships America Conference
Captain Moreland and I were at the Tall Ships America annual conference in Boston last week. Picton Castle is a member of Tall Ships America, …
January 30, 2017 – Sending Down the Mizzen Topmast
Yesterday was as good a day one could ask for in Lunenburg in January to do some rigging work. The temperature was above freezing, the …
10 January, 2017
Lunenburg photographer Peter Zwicker (http://www.bacalaophoto.ca/) captured this amazing photograph this morning of Picton Castle surrounded by snow, ice and sea smoke. Thanks, Peter, for letting …
Captain’s Log – Bosun School 2016
Bosun School is done for this year. Another excellent Bosun School session has come to a close here on the waterfront in Lunenburg. We had a …
Captain’s Log – World Voyage 7
Back in December, before Christmas, we finalized the itinerary for Picton Castle’s seventh world circumnavigation. Just because we’ve done this six times before doesn’t mean …
Hiring Staff Crew for Rendezvous 2017
Picton Castle carries a full complement of 52 people, which includes 40 trainee crew and 12 professional crew. While trainee crew don’t need to have …