Cape Horn the southerly headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago is at 56 degrees south which makes sailing around Cape Horn especially difficult.

Catamaran sailing around cape horn. Ushuaia AR - Cape Horn CL - Ushuaia. First at my target latitude of 47 degrees south the circumference of the circle from Cape Horn to Cape Horn would be almost 2000 miles less than at the more typical rounding latitude of 40 degrees south. These snippets were taken from an outstanding 2 hour 40 min documentary of the 200809 Volvo Ocean Race shown on Channel 4 in the UK.

Rounding Cape Horn in a foiling catamaran. Franck Cammas one of the most successful French sailors in the world has done what no one has done before. All meals and accomadation on board in Ushaia 3103 0104.

Visit Cape Horn to soak up the mystique that goes with this historic place. As part of the Julbo Sail Session Franck Cammas rounded Cape Horn in a Nacra F20 Carbon FCS accompanied by a novice sailor -Johannes Wiebel GER. Franck Cammas one of the most successful French sailors in the world is preparing to do something never done before.

Cape Horn has long been known as a sailors graveyard due to the strong winds and currents large waves and icebergs. Joshua Slocum stayed inside Cape Horn as the century. Likewise many people who look at the World Atlas often dream about being able to see Cape Horn and wonder what it must be like to go around it.

This is a world first which will begin on November 8 2015. Here find out how Cape Horn earned its formidable reputation. Good promotion for a type of boat that although slowly gaining in popularity was still more associated with racing and had a reputation for capsizing and breaking up in really heavy.

Storm sailing round Cape Horn. NOK 61 500- incl. The area joins the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans.