The Picton Castle departs in triumph ftom Cape Town, South Aftica.
cultural matters in the various ports of call. Via the Internet, children in some 2, 000 US schools experienced the Seychelles, Zanzibar, Cape Town, the mid-Atlantic island of St. H elena, and Barbados in addition to learnin g abo ut life at sea. "The Picton Castle provides an am azingly rich maritime and cultural education for her crew, " reports the captain. "The folks who fo ll ow us on our Web site have a window into th is experience as well. As we plan our next wo rld voyage we think we can do more people-to-people work. " On 23 Jun e, the Picton Castle, experrly sailed by th ese shipm ates and citizens of the
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wo rld, returned to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, where she had been refitted, and from whence the ship had departed in 1997. Captain Dan Moreland hares schedules. "We're not a bus, for heaven 's sake," he said a million rimes dur ing the voyage. No netheless, in th e last two mo nths of the voyage, the shore ream told him, "You must arrive at 1300 on Wednesday," and then crossed their fin ge rs. Well , it was 1300 on Wednesday when the Picton Castle rounded Battery Point pun ctual as a bus. As the Picton Castle drew closer, escorted in to Lunenburg H arbour by a good! y number of boats, the large r ships along the
waterfront let loose a welcoming blast on their horns. Abreast of the wharf, she took a moment to turn on a dime and came slowly alongside. The crowd of300 on the pier and another 2,000 on the coas tal approaches got just a little nuts. One with their ship , fit as tigers, the crew snugged up the ship's lines. All that remain ed was for them to come ashore, rake their indi vidual bows, pack, and go back to-what? J usr prior to the Picton Castle's departure from Lun enburg in N ovemberofl997, CBC' s Peter Verner asked the ca ptain that very sam e ques tion . After a thoughtfu l moment, he replied, "They can't go back to their old lives; they can on ly go on to .t new ones."
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