Cape Horn/Cape of Good Hope

Macopa · 19-05-2008, 14:34

I am curious, as I don't see them mentioned often, how many people have or would consider sailing around these landmarks as oppose to using the more convienant methods.

I'm particularly interested in Cape Horn...

imagine2frolic · 19-05-2008, 14:48

I have been making plans for the Southern Capes since 1993. I was going to buy a BOC boat when I bought Imagine in 02, but met my wife. So I changed from exploring to cruising. The thought of them still lay in the back of my mind, and if I can get through this situation as planned. I will purchase a mono to do it.

Triton318 · 19-05-2008, 15:04

I know that at some point, in the next 15 years, I'll sail around the Cape of Good Hope. Cape Horn? Either that or the Strait of Magellan, because I have no desire to transit the Panama Canal.

DeepFrz · 19-05-2008, 16:21

There is a blog here

::Welcome to Nordhavn.com::

with lots of information and info on cruising guides for Cape Horn. They had an article in Passagemaker magazine last year.

Lodesman · 19-05-2008, 17:35

Actually, rounding both capes is on my 50 things-to-do-before-I-die list.

Boomp · 22-05-2008, 04:35

Try to chase down the video, Ghost Ships of Cape Horn. Its terrific. I would love to have it on dvd because it shows the extreme difficulties sailing ships had in trying to do this. Hundreds of them sank, many thousands of lives were lost. Of course they did it without a lot of the 'safety' equipment we have today, but the route still seems pretty tough.
I saw it via National Sailing Hall of Fame...

Morgan Paul · 22-05-2008, 05:02

Quote:

Try to chase down the video, Ghost Ships of Cape Horn. Its terrific.

You can watch the movie here:

The Ghost Of Cape Horn

2Hulls · 22-05-2008, 06:22

Certainly an admirable accomplishment to sail around either one - the Horn more so, perhaps. But I have no yearning to do it. Maybe in my younger days. That said, my boat has sailed E - W around the horn, by the previous owner. That's as close to bragging rights I'll get.

Dave

Macopa · 22-05-2008, 06:46

Good look on finding that video. Thanks! Let's see if I can sneak it in at work today.

rtbates · 22-05-2008, 08:44

Maybe after I get through circumnavigating the Bahamas and the Carribbean!

Naw, I really hate being cold and sailing while cold is the pits...

I just finished a re-read of Bernard Moitesse sp? book "The Long Way". He fears Hope more than the Horn because of the Angullus current. Neither sound like my kind of sailing..

imagine2frolic · 22-05-2008, 09:42

Morgan,

Thanks for the post of the video....................

View Poll Results: Would you consider sailing around Cape Horn or Cape of Good Hope?
Yes I would consider it but haven't done it	23	76.67%
No	3	10.00%
Yes. I have already sailed around the Cape of Good Hope	3	10.00%
Yes. I have already sailed around the Cape Horn	0	0%
Yes. I have sailed around both.	1	3.33%
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19-05-2008, 14:34	#1
Macopa Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Boat: n/a yet... Posts: 71	Cape Horn/Cape of Good Hope I am curious, as I don't see them mentioned often, how many people have or would consider sailing around these landmarks as oppose to using the more convienant methods. I'm particularly interested in Cape Horn...

19-05-2008, 15:04	#3
Triton318 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hayes, Virginia - York River/Chesapeake Bay Boat: Pearson Triton, 28' - Dove Posts: 79	I know that at some point, in the next 15 years, I'll sail around the Cape of Good Hope. Cape Horn? Either that or the Strait of Magellan, because I have no desire to transit the Panama Canal. __________________ Jay White S/V Dove 1962 Pearson Triton, #318

19-05-2008, 16:21	#4
DeepFrz Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Winnipeg Boat: None at this time Posts: 746	There is a blog here ::Welcome to Nordhavn.com:: with lots of information and info on cruising guides for Cape Horn. They had an article in Passagemaker magazine last year. __________________ The man who keeps faith with reality wants to act truthfully in the here and now, not to derive a secondhand here and now from a purpose. - Karl Jaspers

22-05-2008, 04:35	#6
Boomp Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: So.Shore, Massachusetts Boat: Morgan OI 30' Itinerant Posts: 85	Ghost Ships of Cape Horn Try to chase down the video, Ghost Ships of Cape Horn. Its terrific. I would love to have it on dvd because it shows the extreme difficulties sailing ships had in trying to do this. Hundreds of them sank, many thousands of lives were lost. Of course they did it without a lot of the 'safety' equipment we have today, but the route still seems pretty tough. I saw it via National Sailing Hall of Fame... __________________ A man who is not afraid of the sea will soon be drowned, he said, for he will be going out on a day he shouldn't. But we do be afraid of the sea, and we only be drowned now and again. J.M.Synge, in The Aran Islands

19-05-2008, 14:48	#2
imagine2frolic Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: N.E. Florida Boat: Simpson, Catamaran, 46ft. IMAGINE Posts: 1,958 Images: 112	I have been making plans for the Southern Capes since 1993. I was going to buy a BOC boat when I bought Imagine in 02, but met my wife. So I changed from exploring to cruising. The thought of them still lay in the back of my mind, and if I can get through this situation as planned. I will purchase a mono to do it.

19-05-2008, 17:35	#5
Lodesman Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ottawa ON Canada Boat: 26' trailer sailer (starter) Posts: 813	Actually, rounding both capes is on my 50 things-to-do-before-I-die list.

22-05-2008, 06:22	#8
2Hulls Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Chesapeake Bay Boat: Catana 471 Posts: 311	Certainly an admirable accomplishment to sail around either one - the Horn more so, perhaps. But I have no yearning to do it. Maybe in my younger days. That said, my boat has sailed E - W around the horn, by the previous owner. That's as close to bragging rights I'll get. Dave Attached Thumbnails

22-05-2008, 06:46	#9
Macopa Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Boat: n/a yet... Posts: 71	Good look on finding that video. Thanks! Let's see if I can sneak it in at work today.

22-05-2008, 08:44	#10
rtbates Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 482	Maybe after I get through circumnavigating the Bahamas and the Carribbean! Naw, I really hate being cold and sailing while cold is the pits... I just finished a re-read of Bernard Moitesse sp? book "The Long Way". He fears Hope more than the Horn because of the Angullus current. Neither sound like my kind of sailing.. __________________ Randy Cape Dory 25D Seraph

22-05-2008, 09:42	#11
imagine2frolic Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: N.E. Florida Boat: Simpson, Catamaran, 46ft. IMAGINE Posts: 1,958 Images: 112	Morgan, Thanks for the post of the video....................

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