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Title: Around the wild Cape Horn Post by: JohnD on May 17, 2011, 12:19:38 PM A favour for Katy's mum.....
Title: Re: Around the wild Cape Horn Post by: Jan_ on May 17, 2011, 12:27:06 PM ... thanks! :)
Amazing footage of Irving Johnson’s journey around the Cape Horn in 1929. Spot the pig, the scruffy dog and the turkey that really did get sick! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KL3D9YRcTM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLliOz7PgXA&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx03NZgEcsw&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqHT0QWAkOQ&NR=1 It will take about half an hour to view them all but well worth it, I think. Not for the faint hearted or those who suffer from vertigo! Title: Re: Around the wild Cape Horn Post by: Jan_ on May 18, 2011, 12:04:25 PM Oh well, I thought they were interesting ...
Title: Re: Around the wild Cape Horn Post by: RobertD on May 18, 2011, 02:48:31 PM They are interesting! I must sit down and watch them uninterrupted some evening. I am fortunate to see a glimpse of the Peking moored at South Street Seaport Museum every morning on my commute as I cross from Manhattan to Brooklyn. Nice to have a song associated with it now, as it is one of my favorite places in the city.
Title: Re: Around the wild Cape Horn Post by: Jan_ on May 18, 2011, 08:59:01 PM Bless you Robert and thanks for that information. I cannot decide if the crew were brave or mad. Given the lack of safety precautions, I think it is surprising that only two lives were lost. A hard life certainly but Johnson and the other sailors seem to take it in their stride.
Title: Re: Around the wild Cape Horn Post by: martin driver on May 19, 2011, 11:21:18 AM Thank you Katy's Mum for posting this very interesting film footage, those sailors certainly were a hardy lot. In 2005 I experienced the wild Cape Horn aboard a modern diesel powered 2,700 ton vessel quite similar in size to the SS Peking. Our ship Via Australis,(pictured) complete with it's modern stabilisers was tossed around like a cork by the mountainous seas, one could but imagine how incredibly difficult, uncomfortable & downright dangerous life must have been for those intrepid souls who traversed this passage under sail. The footage you posted confirms just that.
[attachment deleted by admin] Title: Re: Around the wild Cape Horn Post by: Rory. on May 19, 2011, 02:06:32 PM That was amazing, Katie's mum, thanks - one of the best things I've ever seen on youtube. It's becoming a fascination for me, this subject of sail.
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