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Old 12-12-2015, 05:33 PM   #16
Jimmy James
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City: Portsmouth NH / Cartagena Colombia
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I have no intention of rounding the cape and plan to do the inside (without rushing and taking my sweet time) To be fair, the Beagle, Drakes and the straights of Magellan are all riddled with dangers of their own and present even the most seasoned of crew with challenges. Keep in mind that Chile is done in day trips and not navigated at night. These routes are full of fishing vessels that travers these waters everyday. This is no a no-mans land of boating, but it is to be treated with great planning and respect.


I think the Smeetons were an amazing couple and wrote some amazing books. They did attempt the cape west to east (the wrong way) twice with failure and on their third attempt made it setting a world record at the time for speed. Cape horn is the Everest of the sea and definitely a mountain I have no intention of rounding.
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