Cape Horn, and nothing to do with sail cleaning

Cape Horn and nothing to do with sail cleaning
A desolate island at the bottom of Chile, South America, it is the ‘Everest’ of any sailor and like anything worth doing, just getting there is hard enough, let alone sailing around it.
If you are not yacht racing, and the conditions are kind enough then you can even drop anchor there, go ashore, walk around, and say hi to the caretaker.
So, what do you do when a mate says he’s booked a yacht to sail around Cape Horn in a father and son trip and there’s a spare spot. Mmmmm, so a microsecond later I’m in with my 15 year old son, he had no choice.
Three fathers and three sons finally depart and days later arrive at a place they call, ‘del Fin del Mundo’ or the end of the world. A yacht is boarded and off we go.
Cape Horn is in Chile and the entire area is controlled by their Navy; the day we are due to sail out of our anchorage to ‘bag the Horn’ so to speak, turns out to be a nice 50 knt westerly with matching seas and a sea state to match. The Navy says all boats must remain where they are.
Luckily we didn’t hear that radio transmission and off we went.
The Horn lived up to its reputation, rough, cold, wet and windy; no landing on the island though.
That night snug again at anchor with celebratory beer we all decided to join the Cape Horners Club.
https://www.capehorners.club/main/index.php
Alas, we did not qualify, you had to have sailed non-stop for 3000 miles, next time maybe.
Got the pic though.
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