Sailing Round Cape Horn - Photos of the Week

Cape Horn - two words that get the attention of every sailor. They say that back in the days of tall ships, a sailor who rounded "the Horn" was allowed to wear a gold earring in his left ear, and place one foot on the table. A second earring and both feet came with the Cape of Good Hope, but that didn't necessarily mark a full circumnavigation, which remained the bragging right of a very few until relatively recently. In fact, until

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