The Captain's Log
Picton Castle Captain and his crew post of their travels around the world.
Day’s Run – 9 May, 2016
The Fog is with us again, closing in during the night. Though the visibility was less than half a mile this morning the sky was clear so …
Day’s Run – 8 May, 2016
REMARKS: After a night of sailing in moderate conditions under Topsails and Courses (still with the ever present fog) this morning it came on to …
Day’s Run – 7 May, 2016
This day finds us continuing to motor sail to the ESE with cold rain and fog. What wind there was has gone away and we …
Day’s Run – 6 May 2016
Picton Castle hove up anchor this morning from Rose Bay outbound for sea. We started our voyage to La Rochelle, France yesterday departing from our wharf in …
Departing Lunenburg – 5 May 2016
We set sail from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada this afternoon, bound for La Rochelle, France to start the first passage of the Back-to-Back Transatlantics Voyage. …
Days Run – 14 April 2016
It’s blowing pretty good, with more expected overnight tonight. Captain still has us heading for Nova Scotia – it might be blowing too hard for …
Day’s Run – 13 April, 2016
Still making tracks to the north under sail and main engine. As the temperature outside drops, engine room watch becomes the most popular job onboard; …
Day’s Run – 12 April, 2016
Full tilt boogie! We’re going for speed now to try to get in to Lunenburg before the next low pressure brings 40 knot headwinds. Every …
Day’s Run – 11 April, 2016
Motorsailing: the sailing ship equivalent of putting our foot down. We got underway again on Sunday afternoon and have been making good speed, pushing to …
Day’s Run – 10 April, 2016
The front came through as expected over night last night, force 7 winds and some big swell, but hove-to the ship handled the weather easily …