Picton Castle Specifications:
| Flag | Cook Islands |
| Rig | Barque, 3-masted |
| Homeport | Avatiu, Rarotonga, Cook Islands |
| Sparred Length | 179' |
| LOA | 148' |
| LOD | 135' |
| LWL | 130' |
| Draft | 14' 6" |
| Beam | 24' |
| Rig Height | 100' |
| Freeboard | 6' |
| Sail Area | 12,450 sq ft |
| Tons | 284 GRT |
| Power | 690 HP diesel |
| Hull | Riveted steel |
Supported By
Barque Picton Castle (Cook Islands) is a beautiful three-masted square-rigger currently on her seventh circumnavigation of the globe under Capt. Dan Moreland. The stately 179-foot steel vessel hails from Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, and is licensed to sail on long-distance deep water sail training voyages from an unofficial home port in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. With masts to 100 feet tall, she spreads 12,450 square feet of sail and voyages with a crew of 12 and 40 sail trainees. A converted Welsh fishing trawler that served as a World War II British Navy minesweeper before Capt. Moreland rebuilt her as a sailing vessel, she will be berthed along the Riverwalk between the Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park and the Erie Basin Marina.
Picton Castle Information:
| Season | Year-round |
| Designer | Capt. Daniel Moreland, Daniel Blachley |
| Built | 1928 |
| Coast Guard Certification | Registered, inspected and certified as a Sail Training Vessel in worldwide service by the Cook Islands Ministry of Transportation |
| Crew | 12 |
| Trainee | 40 |
| Contact Person | Barque Picton Castle |
| Organization | Tall Ships America |
| Address | PO Box 1076 Lunenberg, Nova Scotia BOJ 2CO Canada |
| Telephone | (902) 634-9984 |
| Fax | (902) 632-9985 |
| info@picton-castle.com | |
| Website | www.picton-castle.com |