Did you know that last summer, Picton Castle temporarily took on the name L'Esperance to play a part in a television series? La Grande Traversée is airing now on Radio-Canada!
Our work on this television series is featured in the latest blog on Sail On Board. Find out more here!
Tall Ships Challenge sailing to ten different ports in the Great Lakes, both USA and Canada - sign on for just a week or the full voyage - June to September 2019
Read More >The Barque Picton Castle is a three-masted tall ship based in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada and best known for our adventurous sail training voyages around the world. Anyone can become a trainee crew member, no experience required, just a desire to become part of the crew that sails the ship. With the guidance of our professional crew, you'll literally learn the ropes. Join us as a trainee crew member on our seventh world circumnavigation voyage. The voyage is underway now and applications are still being accepted for later legs. Sign on now, your adventure awaits!
At daybreak, the call came to loose the square sails. Crew climbed aloft in the rigging, pulling themselves up the shrouds, laying out onto the yards and loosing the furled sail. By 0800, the watches on deck hauled on...
"A circumnavigation is the stuff of dreams, the ultimate sailing challenge. Few pull it off. Making one’s way around as part of a crew under square rig is even more of a storybook adventure — and thanks to the double-topsail barque Picton Castle and her visionary skipper, Capt. Daniel Moreland, hundreds of people have lived that dream."
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