President
The Earl of Portsmouth DL
Officers of the IACH:
Chairman: Lt Colonel (Ret'd) Ashley Manton - chairman@capehorners.org
Deputy Chairman: Peter Waring - events@capehorners.org
Secretary: John Fairley - secretary@capehorners.org
Treasurer: Charles Boy - treasurer@capehorners.org
Membership Secretary: Beverley Lufkin - memsec@capehorners.org
Webmaster: Robert Cambrensis - webmaster@capehorners.org
Journal: Jan Cambrensis - journal@capehorners.org
Archivist: Chris Roche - archive@capehorners.org
Events & Regalia: Peter Waring
Committee Member: Andrew Edsor andrew@capehorners.org
More information about the IACH is on our website at www.capehorners.org Please send any queries, comments and suggestions to the Webmaster.
The Journal Editor also welcomes your comments, suggestions, stories, articles, reminiscences and photos. To receive the journal as a pdf, please let Jan know.
Archivist Chris Roche invites you to contact him on +44 (0)20 8647 1396 and by post at 74 Stanley Road, Carshalton, Surrey SM5 4LF.
Welcome to the Cape Horner
As Editor, I would like to thank the many contributors and members who have been in touch with nautical tales to tell. It is marvellous to read all these wonderful stories whether they come from tall ships or yachts, races or cruises. Sadly, there is never room for everything. - Ed
Erratum: Apologies for an incorrect attribution on p10 in CHJ76. This should have read ‘A compilation by David Thorpe and Chris Roche’. The pdf version overrules the printed version
SV Seaburban Comes Home
Double congratulations to new member Bert terHart on completion of his solo, non-stop navigation on 18th July this year. Canadian Bert did it the old way using only pen and paper, a sextant, a chronometer, an almanac and charts for navigation while sailing his yacht SV Seaburban around the world
Bert’s 267 day voyage took him via Cape Horn, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Agulhas, Cape Leeuwin and the South Cape, NZ with the final 13 kms taking a painstaking 13 hours. As Bert had already been alone at sea for 267 days, the authorities in British Columbia waived the 14 day quarantine usually applied to arrivals in these days of Covid 19.
Bert arrives home
Photo by Don Butt
Bert terHart Photo by Don Butt
Read about the various skippers’ preparations at www.vendeeglobe.org
To young men contemplating a voyage, I would say go.
Joshua Slocum
Continued: ‘The Wreck of the Brier Holm’ …
* The NZ Government Tuia 250 website: https://mch.govt.nz/tuia250/voyage
You may have missed … 25 days of blissful ignorance
One young sailing couple left Lanzarote to cross the Atlantic on their 11 metre boat at a time when they understood that Covid deaths were slowing down. After 25 days with no Internet, they heard the news that Covid was rife in the young lady’s hometown of Lombardy in northern Italy. They arrived in Bequia in the Caribbean - Covid-free at the time - not such a bad place to wait it all out! Are they still waiting, we wonder?
1. RRS Discovery - a tall ship built for Antarctic research, the Discovery took Capt. Scott and Shackleton to Antarctica in 1901. She is now based in Dundee next to the V&A museum. https://www.rrsdiscovery.co.uk/ Close to station.
2. HMS Unicorn is a Royal Navy tall ship in Dundee, launched in 1824. http://www.frigateunicorn.org/ Also near the train station.
3. Glenlee - A 3-masted commercial tall ship in Glasgow, she’s a Cape Horn veteran with 15 roundings to her name. https://thetallship.com/ There’s a big museum, near the train and the subway
4. SS Waverley - the last sea-going paddle steamer in the world to carry passengers, now based in Glasgow. https://www.waverleyexcursions.co.uk/
5. Maid of the Loch - An inland paddle steamer at Loch Lomond, based in Balloch, she was the last paddle steamer built in Britain. https://www.maidoftheloch.org/
6. The Royal Yacht Britannia - no sails but very much worth a look in Leith, Edinburgh. https://www.royalyachtbritannia.co.uk/ Tours are in 30 languages. Location is near buses and proposed trams.
Many thanks to Liz for bringing these amazing vessels to our attention. Given these Covid times, it would be advisable to book ahead.
Can you recommend some vessels of interest from your part of the world? We would love to hear about them. - Ed. journal@capehorners.org
SS Waverley Image by Sriom from Pixabay
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CHJ77 Cape Horner Journal
IACH Website - Members Area
For those of you who have not yet visited the members’ area on our website www.capehorners.org - I would like to invite you to go there and see what the site provides for you. When you have logged in, you can update your profile (new home address, email address, date of rounding, etc.).
You can pay your subscription, visit the regalia shop, order a burgee, read from the library, see a list of members’ names and order tickets for upcoming events (although because of Covid, that might be a while yet). You can also participate in the forum. This would not only make for interesting discussion, but it would also be helpful in the planning and the future of the IACH.
Difficulty logging in? Contact me, Robert - webmaster@capehorners.org
Fastnet Race - After nearly 100 years, the UK will no longer host the end of this gruelling yacht race. Adding 90 miles to the race, the new finish will be in Cherbourg where a greater number of participating yachts can be hosted.
In case you missed it - IACH Press Release - June 2020
In English: http://www.covarimail.com/view.lasso?id1=2330&id2=236531
In French: http://www.covarimail.com/view.lasso?id1=2331&id2=236528
