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Subject: Re: cape horn rounding
From: George Huxtable (george@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sat Oct 12 2002 - 02:36:47 EDT
Dear Hal,
Please add me to the mailing list.
Is there any information available about "Europa"?
Another bark, the Endeavour replica, rounded the Horn six months ago on her
way to UK. She is still in Britain, and we took another look at her in
Portsmouth just this morning. So this year, an unusual amount of square-rig
traffic round the Horn.
Next thing, perhaps, might even be a WESTBOUND passage round the Horn. That
would be a challenge for any square-rigger, though Cook managed it in
Endeavour.
John Selwyn Gilbert was on board Endeavour for the complete voyage from
Fremantle to Whitby (and was, earlier, a navigator for the BBC's passage
Cairns to Bali in Endeavour). He will be talking to our little outfit
(White Horse Cruising Club) on Monday. Square rig, and lunar distance
navigation, is being taken seriously once again.
Bon voyage, Hal.
Yours, George.
>Greetings all,
>
>I'll be leaving shortly for Easter Island, to join the bark Europa
>for a voyage around Cape Horn to the Falkland Islands.
>
>I'll be trying to post updates along the way. They'll be at
>http://www.mobilegeographics.com/capehorn/
>
>There's also a mailing list that will receive the same updates: send
>a one-line message to majordomo@XXX.XXX with this
>content:
>
>subscribe capehorn
>
>(or, quickly send me a direct message and I'll add you manually).
>Europa's web site is http://www.barkeuropa.com/
>
>Hal
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george@XXX.XXX
George Huxtable, 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK.
Tel. 01865 820222 or (int.) +44 1865 820222.
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