The Captain's Log
Picton Castle Captain and his crew post of their travels around the world.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …