The Captain's Log

Picton Castle Captain and his crew post of their travels around the world.

Back-To-Back Transatlantics Voyage 2016

Day’s Run – 5 June, 2016

Today was spent at anchor in order to get some more safety drills down as well as give some of the crew some more practices …

Back-To-Back Transatlantics Voyage 2016

Day’s Run – 4 June, 2016

After a short week in port Picton Castle got underway from La Rochelle this afternoon. Though our stay was short, we had a lovely time in …

Back-To-Back Transatlantics Voyage 2016

Day’s Run – 28 May, 2016

At 1140 in the AM local time, after 2,999 nautical miles and 22 days at sea PICTON CASTLE dropped anchor off Ile’ Aix in Basque …

Back-To-Back Transatlantics Voyage 2016

Day’s Run – 27 May, 2016

Wind and sea have become calm as we cross the Bay of Biscay.  With only 100 miles to go a little afternoon we are anticipating …

Back-To-Back Transatlantics Voyage 2016

Day’s Run – 26 May, 2016

Our steaming continues as we start to cross the Bay of Biscay in the last few days of our passage. The weather has turned quite …

Back-To-Back Transatlantics Voyage 2016

Day’s Run – 25 May, 2016

We continued to sail through the night. It was a very pleasant night with a full moon and light winds, the ship sailing along easily …

Back-To-Back Transatlantics Voyage 2016

Day’s Run – 24 May, 2016

The Gale continued on through the night, pushing us further to the north east.  But just before noon the wind started to abate, the rain …

Back-To-Back Transatlantics Voyage 2016

Day’s Run – 23 May, 2016

Though we expected it to come on to blow during the night the wind remained moderate and gusty, making it seem as if it were …

Back-To-Back Transatlantics Voyage 2016

Day’s Run – 22 May, 2016

As predicted the wind went light over the course of the night. At around 6am as the sun came up to reveal a beautiful Sunday …

Back-To-Back Transatlantics Voyage 2016

Day’s Run – 21 May, 2016

This day came in with a solid breeze a little to the north of west and after having been shortened down for the night we …

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