Yvan Bourgnon and Sebastien Roubine have conquered sailing's equivalent of Everest: rounding Cape Horn in a beach cat.

Very slowly the big French racing yacht Gitana 13 passed under the Golden Gate Bridge on Thursday and into sailing history. The Gitana 13 had just completed the fastest voyage by sail from New ...

Todd Jarrell: Sailing ships, by and large, no longer do Cape Horn. It is the deepest continental point south -- only 500 miles off Antarctica. Here, the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans collide, and ...

Atlantic Sailing Record For Sailing Ships Under 100 Feet Held By Tompkins' Pilot Boat. ... and will quite possibly be the last westward passage around Cape Horn under sail." ...

The 142,714-ton vessel will be the largest Princess ship ever to sail around Cape Horn. Dubbed the South America Grand Adventure voyage, the trip will kick off Feb. 2, ...

The worst recorded year for shipwrecks at Cape Horn was 1905, when of some 130 sailing vessels ... The name alone brings to mind images of explorers and traders in tall sailing ships working ...

Rounding the Horn was and still is a high light for seaman and formed a real achievement in their maritime career. Following the traditional sailing trade route, three Dutch Tall Ships will attempt a ...

Can you suggest the best time to take a South American cruise around Cape Horn, including the smoothest month for sailing? The best times to travel are December, January and February, when you ...

The ship sailed from Glasgow in January 1884 on its maiden voyage, down the length of the Atlantic, around Cape Horn and then up the Pacific to San Francisco, a voyage that took nearly five months.

Long before Ken Barnes Jr. tried to sail around Cape Horn, the roaring winds and savage seas in the abyss off the tip of South America brought fear to even the most experienced seamen. Portuguese ...

Sailing ship Lady Washington, ... The ship is a full-scale copy of the original Lady Washington, which sailed around Cape Horn. It became, in 1788, ...