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Re: cape horn rounding
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2002 Oct 12, 07:36 +0100
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2002 Oct 12, 07:36 +0100
Dear Hal, Please add me to the mailing list. Is there any information available about "Europa"? Another bark, the Endeavour replica, rounded the Horn six months ago on her way to UK. She is still in Britain, and we took another look at her in Portsmouth just this morning. So this year, an unusual amount of square-rig traffic round the Horn. Next thing, perhaps, might even be a WESTBOUND passage round the Horn. That would be a challenge for any square-rigger, though Cook managed it in Endeavour. John Selwyn Gilbert was on board Endeavour for the complete voyage from Fremantle to Whitby (and was, earlier, a navigator for the BBC's passage Cairns to Bali in Endeavour). He will be talking to our little outfit (White Horse Cruising Club) on Monday. Square rig, and lunar distance navigation, is being taken seriously once again. Bon voyage, Hal. Yours, George. >Greetings all, > >I'll be leaving shortly for Easter Island, to join the bark Europa >for a voyage around Cape Horn to the Falkland Islands. > >I'll be trying to post updates along the way. They'll be at >http://www.mobilegeographics.com/capehorn/ > >There's also a mailing list that will receive the same updates: send >a one-line message to majordomo@mobilegeographics.com with this >content: > >subscribe capehorn > >(or, quickly send me a direct message and I'll add you manually). >Europa's web site is http://www.barkeuropa.com/ > >Hal ------------------------------ george@huxtable.u-net.com George Huxtable, 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK. Tel. 01865 820222 or (int.) +44 1865 820222. ------------------------------
