Yoann Richomme and Charlie Dalin were the first, on Tuesday, to surpass this legendary milestone where the conditions encountered are sometimes Dantean. Memories of navigators who dared to challenge the end of the southern world.
Around fifteen knots of wind, rather calm seas, a clear horizon. Yoann Richomme (Paprec Arkéa) passed the legendary Cape Horn on Tuesday at 12:27 a.m. (French time), a few minutes ahead of Charlie Dalin (Macif), in ideal conditions after 43 days 11 hours 25 minutes of navigation. Unexpected circumstances to observe this legendary rock which has not always been so kind to those who had decided to tickle its feet by boat. “If you want to live to be old, don’t go round Cape Horn.” says an old English saying about the southernmost tip of the world, past which, as recalled in the excellent work A History of Cape Horn (Patrick Benoiton, Glénat editions), 150 million cubic meters of water per second are carried (150 times the flow of all the rivers in the world!). A mass of salt water ready to be unleashed with winds sometimes exceeding 250 km/h. A maritime hell which would have, since…
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