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    Rounding the Horn on a good day. Bibby's Lincolnshire heading for Valparaiso, Chile
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    I only went around the Horn once, couldn't see much as the weather was a bit shity, but the sea was the same colour. My brother rounded it on the Pamir.
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    The Pamir Sails For The Return Trip To New Zealand. (1948)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIHuQgEJ5Oc

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    Went round on the Icenic in 72, from Kiwi to some where in Argentina ( can't remember where). Did get caught in some heavy seas, lost a couple of winch houses off the focsle. Nice to say that you have been around both capes in one trip as we had discharged in Aussie before loading in Kiwi.
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    Hi Keith.
    My brother flew back to NZ, had to get there to get married.
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    I have the diary of a 17 year old girl who sailed with her father on his ship in1872, from Swansea to San Francisco, the ship was a sailing vessel and according to her diary it took them 14 days plus to round the cape horn.
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    Quote Originally Posted by John Arton View Post
    I have the diary of a 17 year old girl who sailed with her father on his ship in1872, from Swansea to San Francisco, the ship was a sailing vessel and according to her diary it took them 14 days plus to round the cape horn.
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    always thought one of the mutiny on the bounty films did a masterly job on trying to round the horn in winter ......possibly as near a facsimily as you could get .........no doubt a cut and paste will now follow.......

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    hi cappy good afternoon #7
    how about russell crowe in master and commander,
    a good film i dont know if its the one but i thought it was pretty good
    tom

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    Quote Originally Posted by John Arton View Post
    I have the diary of a 17 year old girl who sailed with her father on his ship in1872, from Swansea to San Francisco, the ship was a sailing vessel and according to her diary it took them 14 days plus to round the cape horn.
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    I am currently reading the actual handwritten notes of a seaman serving on the sailing ship 'John Stevenson' of Whitby in 1887, sailing on the 19th January 1887 from Burntisland with a cargo of coal for Savona and returning in June the same year after trading within the Mediterranean. Very interesting but is so fragile I look forward to returning it to its owner shortly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Des Taff Jenkins View Post
    Hi Keith.
    My brother flew back to NZ, had to get there to get married.
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    LOL.

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