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Subject: Re: Rounding the Horn
From: Gordon J. Talge (gtalge@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sun Feb 27 2000 - 13:41:30 EST
Not my globle either!
That's what I get for cutting and pasting
with the text and then not re-reading it
carefully enough. It should read "WEST to EAST" for
Pacific to Atlantic and "EAST to WEST" for Atlantic
to Pacific".
-- Gordon
"Roger M. Derby" wrote:
>
> Just a small point. Going from the Pacific to the Atlantic is not "east to
> west" on my globe.
>
> My wife and I were two of the 600 some passengers on NCL Norwegian Crown's
> cruise from Buenos Aires to Valpariso this January. Even with 24,000+
> horsepower available, the Captain was unable to overcome the prevailing
> currents and 60+ knot headwinds to reach Cabo Hornos. After trying for many
> hours and making most of both crew and passengers ill, he gave up and headed
> for the Beagle Channel. (Depart Stanley, Falkland Islands, 1700, 1/7/00.
> Arrive Ushuaia 0700, 1/9/00) We were later told that two other ships tried
> to reach the rock and failed that day. One reported hurricane force winds.
> I wouldn't try the westbound passage in a sailboat. Eastbound might be a
> fine sleigh ride if you can keep the barnacled side down.
>
> Roger
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gordon J. Talge <gtalge@XXX.XXX>
> To: <NAVIGATION-L@XXX.XXX>
> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 2:33 AM
> Subject: Rounding the Horn
>
> > I seem to remember on ESPN2 a while back they had
> > video of a yacht race and part of it was around the
> > Horn. I was getting seasick just watching it on TV!
> >
> > One of the sail boats overturned and the pilot,
> > ( What do you call a one person yacht person? )
> > was trapped upside down until the Navy came and
> > got them.
> >
> > I also seem to remember that you go around from the
> > Pacific to the Atlantic, East to West, and not
> > the other way around, unless you want to play
> > Capt Bligh.
> >
> > -- Gordon
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