Westward Bound
Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomons, Bali, Reunion, Madagascar, Cape Town, St. Helena, Senegal, Cape Verde, Caribbean - July 2014 to May 2015
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The Barque Picton Castle is a three-masted tall ship based in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada but best known for our sail training voyages around the world. Sign aboard as a trainee to explore the legendary South Pacific including Pitcairn Island, French Polynesia, Samoa and Fiji from February to May 2014, or be Westward Bound starting in July 2014 as Picton Castle sails from Fiji back to her North American home in Lunenburg by way of Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Bali, Reunion, Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa, St. Helena, Senegal, Cape Verde, and the islands of the Eastern Caribbean. No previous sailing experience is necessary, just a strong back and willing heart.
Latest Captain's Log
At Motuarohia, aka Robertson’s Island, Bay of Islands
Monday December 2nd, 2013 This day comes calm with a light southerly breeze. Pale yellow sunlight streams through layered clouds in this early morning. We sailed here a day ago after anchoring up under Day Point to tu...
News
Summerside Man Sails From Australia to New Zealand
Trainee Brian Matthie, from Summerside, PEI, Canada, signed on to sail from Sydney to Auckland. When he returned home, his local newspaper wrote a story about his adventures.
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