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16th September 2021, 09:12 AM
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Rounding Cape Horn is still dangerous even on large vessels
Two crewmen lost overboard from a vlcc rounding the Horn.
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J.A.
https://gcaptain.com/two-crew-on-eur...eid=3b737aa316
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16th September 2021, 11:18 AM
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Re: Rounding Cape Horn is still dangerous even on large vessels
TRAGIC!
It is mid winter there now,. gets really bad.
I have rounded the Cape three times, twice quite rough, and once the sea a was like glass
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13th October 2021, 07:23 AM
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Re: Rounding Cape Horn is still dangerous even on large vessels
I rounded the horn a number of times on the Otaio, the NZSCo cadet training ship. Love this photo of her, though her funnel does not have the crossed flags on it.
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