Nº 00
Home port
The Caribbean · The harbor
18°14′N 72°32′W
Sails 1 Oct 2026, 0800
Muster · The crew signs on
The Commission opens
Sign on as a Midshipman. Every man you bring aboard counts for ten days of service.
The Commission →The Voyage · The Steadfast
Where she is today.
The Steadfast is a two-masted wooden ketch, and she is under way. She left home port on 1 October 2026 on her shakedown, up the coast to New York, and comes in past the Battery on commissioning day. Then Voyage I: twelve ports in a year. Her position is worked out for every day of it, and every port she makes, something lands.
- Rig
- Ketch, two masts
- Hull
- Wood
- Out of
- Home port
- The year
- 12,029 nm
Track chart · North Atlantic
Her position · Plotting
--°--.-′N--°--.-′W
Working out her position.
- Course
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- Speed
- --
- Distance run
- --
- Days at sea
- --
Next port --
The Ship's Log
The last seven noons
At noon a ship fixes her position and writes it down: where she is, her course, her speed, the day's run. Ours does the same. Your noon, her position.
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Ports of the voyage
Every port is a drop.
Something lands wherever she makes port: new stores for the Chandlery, a short run made for that port, a page of the Log, the crew's kit, a table ashore. The dates hold as long as the weather does.
Before commissioning
The Shakedown
Home port to New York. Every line, sail and seam tried before she is commissioned.
- Ports
- 5
- Distance
- 2,305 nm
- Ends
- 1 Nov
861 nm from home port · 6d 5h at sea
Nº 01
Miami
Florida · Government Cut
25°46′N 80°08′W
7 Oct 2026 – 14 Oct 2026
Ship's Log · A page from the Log, sent to the Commission
The Ship's Log opens
Twelve entries, one for each officer and three earned at sea. The Admiral's is open. The rest are sealed until you earn them.
The Ship's Log →457 nm from Miami · 3d 2h at sea
Nº 02
Charleston
South Carolina · The Cooper River
32°47′N 79°55′W
17 Oct 2026 – 22 Oct 2026
New stores · A wave of new pieces comes aboard
The Chandlery opens for inspection
Every piece on the shelf, with its full ingredient list and what it does. Look it all over. Nothing sells until commissioning day.
The Chandlery →224 nm from Charleston · 1d 12h at sea
Nº 03
Beaufort
North Carolina · Taylor's Creek
34°43′N 76°40′W
23 Oct 2026 – 25 Oct 2026
Muster · The crew signs on
Hoist your colors
Your initials in signal flags, drawn for you now and printed on the sticker sheet in your first order.
Hoist your colors →377 nm from Beaufort · 2d 9h at sea
Nº 04
Annapolis
Maryland · City Dock
38°59′N 76°29′W
27 Oct 2026 – 29 Oct 2026
Ashore · The Chandlery comes ashore
First time ashore
A table on the city dock while she lies there: the whole Chandlery to look over, a Pilot for anyone coming in, and the crew to show you round.
387 nm from Annapolis · 3d 3h at sea
Nº 05
New York
New York · Pier 16, South Street
40°42′N 74°00′W
Arrives 1 Nov 2026, 0800
Commission · The doors open
Commissioning day
She comes in past the Battery at eight bells of the morning watch.
The Commission →
From commissioning day
Voyage I
Twelve ports in a year. The islands for the winter, across to the Azores in June, the Mediterranean for the summer, and down to the Canaries to wait on the trades.
- Ports
- 11
- Distance
- 9,724 nm
- Ends
- 7 Nov
Nº 00
New York
New York · Pier 16, South Street
40°42′N 74°00′W
1 Nov 2026 – 8 Nov 2026
Commission · The doors open
The First Commission
The doors open at 0800. The founding pieces of every station, the Standard Issue chest and the two braces.
- SHIPSHAPE
- MORNING COLORS
- TRUE NORTH
- SQUARED AWAY
- DRY DOCK
- WEATHER EYE
- FAIR WINDS
- ALL HANDS
- MIDDLE WATCH
- STANDARD ISSUE
695 nm from New York · 4d 7h at sea
Nº 01
St. George's
Bermuda · Ordnance Island
32°23′N 64°41′W
12 Nov 2026 – 19 Nov 2026
963 nm from St. George's · 7d 7h at sea
Nº 02
English Harbour
Antigua · The dockyard
17°00′N 61°46′W
26 Nov 2026 – 17 Dec 2026
New stores · A wave of new pieces comes aboard
The sets for the year's end
The full watch bill, the travel kit and everything worth keeping, packed in chests in time for the holidays.
90 nm from English Harbour · 15h at sea
Nº 03
Gustavia
St. Barthélemy · The harbor
17°54′N 62°51′W
17 Dec 2026 – 3 Jan 2027
The new year in the islands.
Slop chest · The crew's kit, sold from the ship
The slop chest
The crew's own kit, sold from the ship the way it always was: a watch cap, a deck towel and a canvas ditty bag.
591 nm from Gustavia · 4d 7h at sea
Nº 04
Home port
The Caribbean · The harbor
18°14′N 72°32′W
7 Jan 2027 – 28 Mar 2027
Wintering at home.
1,121 nm from home port · 8d 2h at sea
Nº 05
Charleston
South Carolina · The Cooper River
32°47′N 79°55′W
5 Apr 2027 – 25 Apr 2027
New stores · A wave of new pieces comes aboard
The third wave
Seven more: patches and a booster for the eyes, a dry shampoo, a hand cream, a bath salt, a luffa bar and the Safe Harbor candle.
718 nm from Charleston · 5d 0h at sea
Nº 06
Newport
Rhode Island · Newport Harbor
41°29′N 71°19′W
30 Apr 2027 – 30 May 2027
Fitting out for the crossing.
Ashore · The Chandlery comes ashore
Ashore on the wharf
A month on the waterfront before she crosses. The whole Chandlery on one table, and the crew aboard to show you round her.
1,980 nm from Newport · 15d 4h at sea
Nº 07
Horta
Faial, the Azores · The marina wall
38°32′N 28°37′W
14 Jun 2027 – 24 Jun 2027
Ship's Log · A page from the Log, sent to the Commission
Her mark on the wall
Every crew that calls at Horta paints its mark on the harbor wall. Ours goes up in navy and red, and the page from the Log goes out to the Commission.
925 nm from Horta · 7d 2h at sea
Nº 08
Lisbon
Portugal · Alcântara
38°42′N 9°10′W
1 Jul 2027 – 22 Jul 2027
New stores · A wave of new pieces comes aboard
Deep Water, the second watch
Spice Route lands in the city that sent the spice ships out, with four more for the body and the bath.
772 nm from Lisbon · 5d 3h at sea
Nº 09
Palma
Mallorca · The old mole
39°34′N 2°38′E
27 Jul 2027 – 15 Sep 2027
High summer in the islands.
New stores · A wave of new pieces comes aboard
The Bridge, the second watch
Six more for the face: a mist, two serums, a cream, a clay and a scrub.
374 nm from Palma · 2d 15h at sea
Nº 10
Monaco
The Riviera · Port Hercule
43°44′N 7°25′E
18 Sep 2027 – 27 Oct 2027
Through the yacht show.
Port edition · A short run, made for one port
The Monaco edition
Morning Colors in a short run, numbered by hand and sold while she lies in Monaco. It is not made again.
1,495 nm from Monaco · 11d 3h at sea
Nº 11
Las Palmas
Gran Canaria · The Muelle Deportivo
28°08′N 15°25′W
Arrives 7 Nov 2027, 0800
Waiting on the trades.
Commission · The doors open
The Second Commission
A year to the Sunday, and she lies in Las Palmas waiting on the trades. Seven more Provisions come aboard for the crossing, the course for Voyage II goes up on the chart, and every port edition from Voyage I comes back for one day.
She keeps to the dates above: every leg laid clear of the land and sailed at five to seven knots. Stylized, not for navigation.