Cape Horner
Appearance
A Cape Horner is a captain of a sailing ship which has sailed around Cape Horn, and who is a member of the Association Amicale Internationale des Capitaines au Long-Cours-Cap Horniers.
The British section of AICH is the IACH or The International Association of Cape Horners, established in 1959. www.capehorners.org
Cape Horner may also refer to a ship that has rounded Cape Horn.
Balclutha rounded Cape Horn a record 17 times in thirteen years, with a crew of 26.[1]
A Cape Horner that has passed the Horn, the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), and Cape Leeuwin (Australia) is known as a three cap.
Gallery
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The Marion Josiah
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A dismasted Marion Josiah in Valaparaiso
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The don
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Cape Horn
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Rounding the Horn
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Awash round Cape Horn
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Rounding Cape Horn
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Horn Monument an Albatross in tribute to cape Horners
References
- ^ "Balclutha History". nps.gov. San Francisco Maritime. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cap Horniers.
- International Association of Cape Horners
- National Maritime Museum, Archive
- Port Victoria Maritime Museum: A Maritime Museum commemorating the journeys of the Cape Horners made to Port Victoria in South Australia
Tour Solidor, St Malo, France. Cape Horners Museum.