Photo by Nikolay Murenets
The International Association of Cape Horners is for sailors who have rounded Cape Horn. The rounding of the Horn will have been part of a non-stop passage under sail of at least 3000 nautical miles. Their course must have passed through the latitude of fifty degrees south both west and east of Cape Horn. More detailed information is available on the Membership pages of this site.
Calling all members, if you might be interested
in attending
the sailing gathering of the year, read this.
Photo: Ian Roman/Volvo Ocean Race
The crew of Fisher & Paykel at the Volvo Ocean Race Legends dinner, Alicante, 3rd November, 2011.
Awarded the Cape
Horners burgee to the yacht which had rounded Cape Horn
with a skipper and the largest
number of crew who had also rounded.
Cape Horn is sometimes called the Mount Everest of sailing. Mount Everest was first climbed on 29th May, 1953. We believe that, since that date, fewer people have qualified for full membership of the IACH than have climbed Mount Everest.
April 2, 2012
