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Announcing Fifth World Voyage 2010-2011

On or about the first of May, 2010 the sail training ship, the Barque Picton Castle and her crew will set sail on a monumental 14-month voyage bound around the world. Up to 36 people from all walks of life will be accepted to join this tall ship for this challenging once in a lifetime opportunity—truly the ultimate voyage. These crew will dedicate themselves to seafaring under square-sail and to learning all they can from the ship, the ocean, new found friends on far flung islands, each other and themselves.

This voyage will take the ship and her crew over 30,000 blue-water, deep-sea miles circling the globe in fair winds and foul, pleasant trade-winds, calms and squalls. We will follow in the wake of great explorers and voyagers who came before us, sailing throughout the tropics, putting in at remote and storied ports of call. This voyage is expected to be the last world voyage of the Picton Castle under my command.

Captain Daniel D. Moreland

Dakar, Senegal

Education Means the World to Us

The Barque Picton Castle, a sail training tall ship based in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada but best known for our sailing adventures around the world.

No previous sailing experience is necessary, just a strong back and willing heart.

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Highlights

Upcoming Voyages

Summer Voyage 2009

Sail the east coast of North America and learn the skills of a seafarer. Set and take in sails, take your turn at the helm and participate in daily life at sea. Sign on for as little as three weeks.

World Voyage 5

Visit remote islands, sail across the South Pacific, enjoy long ocean passages through the tradewinds and across the Atlantic. Learn the skills of a seafarer, develop a stronger sense of yourself and forge relationships with your shipmates to last a lifetime. Step aboard for this adventurous journey around the world.

New Programs

Picton Castle's Bosun School

Picton Castle announces the launch of The Bosun School in Lunenburg, NS. Join us in doing advanced rope-work, wire seizings and splices, basic sailmaking, ship and boat caulking, tar and oil mixtures, proper bosun's chair work and more! Click here for details.

Photo Galleries

The World Through the Lenses of the Picton Castle

Browse or search the new photo galleries and see the places and faces of the friends from around the world.

 

Latest from the Captain's Log

The New Summer Voyage 2009

A new Picton Castle voyage is about to begin. New trainees arrived in Lunenburg over the last few days to throw their bags over the rail and join us on this summer seafaring adventure. Immediately they began their orientations to the ship, her routines, rigging and safety orientations and drills, lots to learn. As I [...] Read the complete entry for The New Summer Voyage 2009

The People’s View

The Picton Castle family has just received the loveliest memento of our visit to Ipswich, United Kingdom, last September. This was another of our homecoming visits; the ship having wintered in Ipswich in 1993-94 en route to North America and her eventual conversion to a Class A tall ship. Ipswich resident Des Pawson, one of the [...] Read the complete entry for The People’s View

Our Partners

Mystic Seaport—The Museum of America and the Sea

cw_morgan_150x117 (4K)World-renowned Mystic Seaport - The Museum of America and the Sea, signs on the fourth world voyage of the Picton Castle to relive the voyages of the 1841 Whaling Bark Charles W.Morgan, preserved at Mystic Seaport. Read more about our partners.

 

World Wise

world_wise_logo (7K)WorldWise is a non-profit educational foundation that provides much-needed books and school supplies to many of the islands we visit. We feel fortunate to be affiliated with them. On their kid-oriented web site, you'll find more reports from the Picton Castle, written by WorldWise educator and sail trainee Erin Standing. Read more about our partners.