Cape Horn has long been the most iconic landmark in the minds of sailors. In fact, for reasons of history, geography, and drama, I think it should be an iconic landmark in the minds of all humanity—so ...

SAN ANTONIO — A Navy veteran is sailing around Cape Horn, the southernmost tip of South America that's known as the sailor's graveyard. His mission is to raise awareness about veteran suicide through ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) Hours after a Chinese team suffered a staggering setback when its mast broke in the remote Southern Ocean, the youngest crew in the Volvo Ocean Race experienced one of sailing's rarest ...

Oct. 17—BELFAST, Maine — In the 19th century, adventurous Mainers signed up for years-long stints aboard whaling ships or sought passage aboard clipper ships headed to California during the Gold Rush.

It was a time for seafaring memories as 126 Cape Horners met up in Portsmouth to applaud the latest in a Who's Who list of ...

STANLEY, FALKLAND ISLANDS, February 21, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The historic Dutch tall ship Oosterschelde is safely docked in Stanley, the capital of the Falkland ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) With the wind - and their competitors - at their backs, Charlie Enright and Mark Towill rounded Cape Horn and allowed themselves a few seconds to savor the accomplishment. Considered ...

The idea was doubly exciting ? to cruise around South America from east to west, and to do so in the world’s newest and largest ocean liner, the Queen Mary 2. Our great ship pulled out of New York on ...

Charleston skipper Brad Van Liew rounded Cape Horn about 5:30 p.m. Monday -- his third solo trip around the Southern Ocean landmark. Van Liew, currently leading the Velux 5 Oceans race, battled huge ...

Eight years ago David Grant rounded the dangerous Cape Horn in a yacht, and the experience awed him. Sailors sometimes report waves of 50- to 60-feet in the area, which is known as one of the windiest ...