November 26
After leaving Ushuaia, we headed toward Cape Horn. The ship had been installing emergency lighting for some time and we had visions of the crew lashing the outside doors shut with chains while we strapped into out beds trying not to hit the ceiling! It did not happen....no grand adventure at all as we rounded the Horn as the sea was smooth for this section of water. However, it was very windy on the decks for the picture takers.
Of all the famous mariners - Magellan, Sir Francis Drake, Cook and anyone else you can think of who had places named after them, it is La Maire and the Schouten brothers of the Netherlands who discovered and first sailed around this cape which they named after Hoorn, their city of origin.
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