55 degrees 59.6 minutes south and 67 degrees 18.5 minutes
west. That is what our GPS read as we went around Cape Horn. Cape Horn! We got
extremely lucky and enjoyed an incredibly clear and calm day- quite a rare
combination at this significant landmark.
Even though it was an uncommonly calm day, it still felt
like an accomplishment to round the horn in our own boat.
Porter at the helm with Cape Horn in the background
Team Sila celebrates!
This was not a bad way to end 2014 - a fantastic
year for the Barnes family.
Excellent!!! Fantastic!!! You have done something I have only read about in books. To sail around Cape Horn, well done all of you. However, I am confused on exactly where you went. The last I new you were spending some time at Cabo de Hornos. I assumed that you would exit the Beagle Channel at the east end and enter the South Atlantic and then go north along the Argentina cost. This would have put you north of the southern most point of South America. However you GPS reading of 55'59 S by 67'18 W puts you just of the cost of Isla Herschel, the southern most point. How did you get there. Did you exit the Beagle Channel and turn south to the Horn. Did you go around the Horn westerly and the turn around and pass the horn again going eastward. If so that would be a double rounding of the Horn, and you all deserve a double “Well Done”.
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Chip Barnes
Hip hip, HOORAY!!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou did it!! What a wonderful accomplishment, and how nice of the weather to cooperate! Your adventures just keep getting more amazing. Love it.
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