Picton Castle is looking for an Engineer for our Summer Voyage 2009. The Engineer is responsible for keeping all of the machinery and equipment in the engine room running smoothly, including our 690hp Burmeister & Wain Alpha diesel engine. We also have two Lister generators, a Sabb generator, a bank of gel batteries and a Great Water water maker that turns salt water into fresh water.

This position runs from early June until early September. For more information, or to apply, contact our office in Lunenburg.

Are you a medical doctor or experienced EMT who dreams of learning to sail a square-rigged ship? This winter might be the perfect opportunity to realize that dream. Picton Castle is looking for a medical officer for Leg 4 of the Voyage of the Atlantic, beginning February 23 in St. George’s, Grenada until May 23 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.

As the medical officer, you get all the benefits of being a trainee – sailing in Caribbean tradewinds, taking your turn at the helm and on lookout, exploring tropical ports of call, developing your seafaring skills – while being on call in case of a medical emergency aboard. Your skills and experience will be backed up by a full kit of medical supplies, professional crew trained in first aid and a medical consulting service ashore.

If you have questions or want to know more about this opportunity, please contact our office.

Serving as the ship’s doctor on board the Picton Castle is an interesting way to combine being in a ship and medicine says Grady Barnwell, currently the ship’s doctor. In addition to being on call for the medical needs of the crew, Grady knows all his lines and knows how to set and take in all the sails. The ship is well stocked with medical supplies. Fortunately, because of our attention to safety, we do not have to use them all that often. Providing medical care for the crew can be an adventure, with the work as varied as the personalities on board.

Grady has been the doctor on the Picton Castle several times before. He and his fiancée Judy have been on board since we left Lunenburg this summer and are heading home shortly to prepare for their wedding. The Picton Castle will sail from Toronto to Kingston, Ontario, and continue down the St. Lawrence Seaway, passing through all the locks that take ships down to sea level. We will call at Gaspé, Québec, and Summerside, PEI, before heading home to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

We seek applications from interested doctors for this three- or four-week passage beginning in Toronto on August 27 or Kingston on September 3 and ending in Lunenburg, NS, on September 23. Join the Picton Castle at no cost for a fascinating passage through this great fjord of North America and into the Atlantic Ocean. Come, join our crew and stand by just in case.

Judy and Grady

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