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Re: Rounding the Horn
From: Gordon Talge
Date: 2000 Feb 27, 13:41 EST
From: Gordon Talge
Date: 2000 Feb 27, 13:41 EST
Not my globle either! That's what I get for cutting and pasting with the text and then not re-reading it carefully enough. It should read "WEST to EAST" for Pacific to Atlantic and "EAST to WEST" for Atlantic to Pacific". -- Gordon "Roger M. Derby" wrote: > > Just a small point. Going from the Pacific to the Atlantic is not "east to > west" on my globe. > > My wife and I were two of the 600 some passengers on NCL Norwegian Crown's > cruise from Buenos Aires to Valpariso this January. Even with 24,000+ > horsepower available, the Captain was unable to overcome the prevailing > currents and 60+ knot headwinds to reach Cabo Hornos. After trying for many > hours and making most of both crew and passengers ill, he gave up and headed > for the Beagle Channel. (Depart Stanley, Falkland Islands, 1700, 1/7/00. > Arrive Ushuaia 0700, 1/9/00) We were later told that two other ships tried > to reach the rock and failed that day. One reported hurricane force winds. > I wouldn't try the westbound passage in a sailboat. Eastbound might be a > fine sleigh ride if you can keep the barnacled side down. > > Roger > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gordon J. Talge <gtalge@XXX.XXX> > To: <NAVIGATION-L@XXX.XXX> > Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 2:33 AM > Subject: Rounding the Horn > > > I seem to remember on ESPN2 a while back they had > > video of a yacht race and part of it was around the > > Horn. I was getting seasick just watching it on TV! > > > > One of the sail boats overturned and the pilot, > > ( What do you call a one person yacht person? ) > > was trapped upside down until the Navy came and > > got them. > > > > I also seem to remember that you go around from the > > Pacific to the Atlantic, East to West, and not > > the other way around, unless you want to play > > Capt Bligh. > > > > -- Gordon <PRE> -- ,,, (. .) +------------------------ooO-(_)-Ooo---------------------+ | Gordon Talge WB6YKK/6 e-mail: gtalge@XXX.XXX | | / /(_)_ __ _ ___ __ | | / / | | '_ \| | | \ \/ / Debian/GNU | | / /__| | | | | |_| |> < Choice of a GNU Generation | | \____/_|_| |_|\__,_/_/\_\ | | QTH: Loma Linda, CA Lat. N 34? 03.1' | | .oooO Long. W 117? 15.2' | | - E Aho Laula - ( ) Oooo. - Wider is Better - | +------------------------\ (---( )----------------------+ \_) ) / (_/ </PRE>