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New Voyage Starts At Rarotonga 22 Aug 2013 | 09:41 pm
By Kate “Bob” Addison Bound for Tonga, Norfolk Island and join the Tall Ships at Sydney! As this new voyage kicks off, the new trainees and professional crew are settling in, making friends and star...
Aitutaki and Home 14 Aug 2013 | 01:02 am
By Kate “Bob” Addison August 8th, 2013 It’s 0800 on Thursday the 8th August 2013, and Picton Castle is steaming towards Rarotonga. The familiar rolling emerald mountains are dead ahead, and looming ...
Penrhyn to Manihiki 6 Aug 2013 | 10:32 pm
By Kate “Bob” Addison Thursday August 1st, 2013 This is a bit of a catch up log, which takes Picton Castle from her anchorage in Penrhyn lagoon to Manihiki, our last island call of the Northern Grou...
Penrhyn aka Tongareva 6 Aug 2013 | 12:21 am
By Kate “Bob” Addison 25th July 2013 Penrhyn Island is named for the British ship Lady Penrhyn which arrived here in 1788. Its Maori name is Tongareva, which translates as Land Floating in the South...
Welcome to Penrhyn! 2 Aug 2013 | 08:31 pm
By Kate “Bob” Addison The lagoon at Penrhyn Island is enormous; it looks like you could arrange all of the other Cook Islands inside the fringing coral reef and still have clear water to go snorkelin...
Arriving at Penrhyn 23 Jul 2013 | 06:34 pm
By Kate “Bob” Addison Sunday July 21st, 2013 Picton Castle is at anchor inside Penrhyn Lagoon at a position of 8°59’S 158°05’W. It’s a very calm and beautiful spot. The port admiralty pattern anchor...
Amazing Atiu 17 Jul 2013 | 08:58 pm
By Kate “Bob” Addison Monday July 15th, 2013 At 1000 hours this Monday morning Picton Castle is at position 17°25’S 158°52’W in the Cook Islands, making northing under square sails to t’gallants, st...
South Pacific Trading Barque 15 Jul 2013 | 06:54 pm
By Kate “Bob” Addison July 12th, 2013 Barque Picton Castle is just twenty miles off Atiu, a raised atoll in the southern Cook islands, the first island call of this cargo and passenger run to the ou...
Seeking Ship’s Doctor, Mate and Lead Seaman 9 Jul 2013 | 10:59 pm
Aboard the Picton Castle, new trainees and crew are settling in and getting oriented to their new surroundings. The ship is currently alongside the wharf at Avatiu Harbour on the island of Rarotonga i...
Sunday at Sea, Canada Day and First Cargo Run 8 Jul 2013 | 07:28 pm
By Kate “Bob” Addison 1st July 2013 It’s Monday the 1st July, so Picton Castle would like to wish a very happy Canada Day to all our friends back home in Lunenburg and across Canada! We plan to cele...
