Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Tall Ship Chronicles- Around the World as a sail trainee on the barque "Picton Castle"

 Have you ever, just once, daydreamed seeing yourself aboard a 3-masted square-rigged ship at sea?  No?  You should try it.  And to help you out, the most respected square-rigger in North America, the Barque Picton Castle, has just released on Amazon Prime Video, an 8- episode reality-style series of her 2001 18-month circumnavigation (she does this regularly, by the way). 

Titled; "Tall Ship Chronicles," the series describes the lives of sail trainees from all walks of life and everywhere in the world, most of them never-evers, on board a tall ship for the first time.  The episodes feature a "never-ever" sail trainee, in all aspects of life at sea, learning all the time.

I watched the first episode and found it a recreational watch, not technical at all, excellent photography from all locations, all situations.

Picton Castle, out of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, is devoted almost entirely to tall-ship sail training, via blue-water cruises that put in to harbors and lagoons all over the world.  Captained by Daniel Moreland, she participated in Charleston's Tall Ship Festival in 2017. 

If you can't pick up Amazon Prime Video, give me a contact, and maybe we can set up a screening with others, on board or on deck. 

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