SAILING VACATIONS

Captain Daniel Moreland

He sailed around the world the first time in 1974–76 on the Brigantine Romance, under Captain Arthur Kimberly. In 1980, he signed on the famous Danish state full-rigged schoolship Danmark and served for four years training young officer cadets for the Danish merchant marine. His interest in learning, studying and teaching the value of traditional sail led him to head up the restoration of one of the last 19th century Grand Banks fishing schooners, the Ernestina. For this he received the prestigious Honor Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 1987.

In 1999, following the Picton Castle's return from its first circumnavigation, Captain Moreland received the American Sail Training Association's "Sail Trainer of the Year" award. In 2006, the Picton Castle was again recognized by ASTA as having the top "Sail Training Program of the Year."

Captain Moreland has since completed three additional circumnavigations (2000–2002, 2003–2004, 2005-2006) in the Picton Castle, a year-long voyage around the Atlantic Basin and numberous shorter voyages along the east coast of the United States and Canada as well as to the Great Lakes.

Captain Moreland holds the rarest license issued to Merchant Marine officers today: Master of Steam, Motor, or Auxiliary Sail, Vessels of Any Gross Tons upon Oceans. With 30 years at sea as master or mate of topsail schooners, brigantines, brigs, and barques making numerous transatlantic voyages and five circumnavigations, few are so well qualified to lead a voyage and train apprentice sailors.