WEB SITES RELATED TO CAPE HORN
Sections of the former AICH
The site of the AICH sponsored by St Malo appears to have been taken down.
This site of the Chilean chapter conveys the active nature of some of the national sections. In Spanish and English.
Here is the site of the Dutch section of the AICH.
This Finnish site (a rare linguistic challenge) illustrates the breadth of membership of the AICH.
The Cape Horners Association of Australia (63 Hurtle Square, Adelaide, SA 5000) has no known web site.
Save our albatross
As you will be aware, there has been a major reduction in the world's population of albatross. This is of major concern to us as the albatross has always been the emblem of our association because it is a magical part of the southern oceans. Please visit the Save the Albatross site to see how we can all help to save this magificent bird.
Sites which describe Cape Horn
A very evocative description of Cape Horn
Here is an excellent collection of photographs of Cape Horn and its environs from much closer than any member of this Association would have wished to see them.
This article was published in the National Geographic Magazine, in the February 1931 issue and it describes the voyage of a great sail ship from Australia to England by way of Cape Horn. It includes some great contemporary photographs.
A NASA satellite photograph of South America extending to Cape Horn
Cape Horn as viewed by Google Earth maps.
Here is an account written by Captain William Bligh of the rounding of Cape Horn by HMS Beagle.
A shanty on the rounding of Cape Horn
A cruise such as one with this company won't qualify you for membership of the IACH, but would enable you to see why the Horn is so talked about.
Tall Ships that are still sailing
Sail Training International organises and manages the annual series of races for sail training Tall Ships in European waters.
The American Sail Training Association organise an annual series of Tall Ships Challenges, sail training races, rallies, cruises and port festivals in conjunction with host ports in the US and Canada.
A Magazine specialising in Tall Ships. The web site contains many features including profiles of tall ships that are still sailing and some of which will have doubled Cape Horn during their earlier lives.
