I have been privileged to be accepted as a member of the International Association of Cape Horners (http://www.capehorners.org/). The basic requirements for ful membership are:
1. Rounded Cape Horn under Sail
2. Have "doubled the Horn" (ie Lat 50S to Lat 50S non-stop)
3. As part of a non-stop voyage of at least 3000 nautical miles.
There are about 350 names in the membership list, and my membership number is 769. Looking through that list I saw that most of the members reside in UK and made their rounding of the Horn as part of one of the great ocean races (e.g. Whitbread, Global Challenge, BT Challenge). The names of luminaries such as Sir Chay Blyth and Sir Robin Knox-Johnston jumped out of the list, but I could not find the name of the incomparable Jon Sanders.
I will receive the IACH journal twice a year ("The journal is a wonderful source of seafaring and yachting material, all supplied by members.") and have been invited to submit any stories and anecdotes that might be of interest to others.
This blog began in late 2006 with the planning and preparation for a circumnavigation of the world in my 39-foot sail boat Pachuca. It then covered a successful 5-year circumnavigation that ended in April 2013. The blog now covers life with Pachuca back home in Australia.
Pachuca
Pachuca in Port Angeles, WA USA
Friday, August 1, 2014
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