The Voyages

Voyages

Summer Voyage 2009

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Join us as we explore the East coast of North America. Participate in tall ships festivals at Boston and Halifax, meeting sailors from around the world and sailing in company with some of the most stately ships anywhere. Continue the celebration of ships and sailors in smaller ports in Nova Scotia and later in Gaspe. Experience the insular culture of the Iles de la Madeleine in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the always warm hospitality in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. Sail up fjords in Newfoundland as sea birds fly by before returning to Picton Castle's home base in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

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Learn more about the voyage, including the currently scheduled ports and legs for the Summer Voyage 2009.

No sailing experience is needed. Apply to become a trainee aboard the Picton Castle on this adventurous journey. Men and women, ages 16 and up, are welcome.

World Voyage 5

Here we go again! Step aboard for an epic journey around the world as Picton Castle circumnavigates the globe under sail for a fifth time.

Experience the life of a square-rigged sailor. You will be part of the crew that sails the ship through the tropics, ever westward. Take the helm, stand lookout, handle sails and haul on lines, all under the guidance of our professional crew. Learn what it takes to become a sailor and experience the magic of tropical trade winds.

Starting and ending in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, this 14-month voyage will take you to Panama, Galapagos, Pitcairn Island, French Polynesia, the Cook Islands, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, Bali, Reunion, South Africa, St. Helena, the Caribbean and Bermuda. See beautiful islands, experience vibrant local culture and interact with people from around the world in their own environment.

Develop your skills, learn more about yourself and form bonds with your shipmates that will last a lifetime. Join for the full voyage or for a three and a half month leg of the voyage.

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Learn more about the ports of call, life aboard and how to get involved on World Voyage 5.

Apply now to become a trainee. No sailing experience is needed. World Voyage 5 is open to men and women ages 18 and up.

Voyage of the Atlantic World 2008-09

Ever since we first found and sailed the Picton Castle from Norway towards Nova Scotia in 1993 we have longed to sail the ship back to Europe. Now after four world circumnavigations, trips all over the U.S. East Coast, the Great Lakes and the Canadian Maritimes, that is just what we are going to do. The Picton Castle is sailing to Europe and making the 15,000-mile circumnavigation of the Atlantic Ocean.

Cast off on an adventure every bit as rich, epic and powerful as a voyage around the world! Sail from Lunenburg in May 2008 and follow the Westerlies across the North Atlantic for the British Isles and Northern Europe. Call at Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Holland and Germany. Then sail across the English Channel and down the coast of France to Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar. Explore the Atlantic Islands of Madeira, the Canarys and Cape Verde. Then follow in the wake of Columbus as the Picton Castle sets sail on one of the finest "studdingsail" passages, riding the tropical trade-winds across the mid-Atlantic from Senegal, West Africa, crossing the Equator to Fernando De Noronha, Brazil and onward to the sweet isles of the West Indies.

As crew on this voyage you will experience timeless ports redolent with history, mystique, beauty and drama. But it is the deep-sea passages in this ship that will turn you into a true square-rig seafarer.