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Square rigger in Falmouth
A square rigged sailing ship is in Falmouth on the first leg of its 12 months voyagte around the Atlantic Ocean.
The Picton Castle is a sail training ship based in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada but best known for voyages around the world.
For the past 10 years,the barque has sailed the globe, logging more than 200,000 sea miles and introducing more than a 1,000 men and women to the rewards and challenges of square rig sailing.
It has visited exotic places - Panama, the Galapagos, Pitcairn Island, Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu, Bali, Mauritius, South Africa and the islands of the Caribbean, amd the crew has traded with islanders and also delivered free medical and school supplies to needy island communities.
"Right now we're in Falmouth on the first leg of a 12-month voyage around the Atlantic Ocean," said Susan Corkum-Greek on behalf of the ship's company.
"This trip is very special to us as it will see the ship returning to the ports of her past."
The Picton Castle was built as a North Sea steam trawler at Selby, UK. For years, she worked out of Wales and then, during the Second World War, served as a minesweeper and convoy escort.
She even struck a mine and was lifted clear of the water. After the war, the ship was engaged in fishing and freighting, most of it from ports in Norway.
It was there in 1993 that Capt. Daniel Moreland found her, operating under the name Dolmar, purchased her and took her across the Atlantic to be converted to a square-rigged sailing vessel.
Since 1997, she has made four complete circumnavigations of the globe. She's been to the Great Lakes on two occasions and has travelled extensively on the Canadian and U.S. Atlantic Coast
This is first time the ship has been back to Europe since her conversion and now the hunt is on for anyone who knows of her past, particularly from her wartime days.
The 179-foot ship has been making a name for herself in the world of sail training. On each new voyage, the ship takes up to 40 trainees who participate in all shipboard duties under the tutelage of the vessel's professional crew.
This latest voyage - which began when the ship departed her homeport of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada in May 24 - will see the Picton Castle travelling close to 30,000 sea miles as she explores the ports of the Atlantic World.
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