cap hoorn

I am re-reading Edward Allcard's "Solo Around Cape Horn & Beyond". Written in 2016, when Allcard was 94, it details the expedition undertaken fr 1965 in the 36' Sea Wanderer. 
I've just read of his successful doubling of the great cape, which was sailed easily in good sea conditions. But it is on the leadup, dropping down from Montevideo towards the Beagle Channel where Allcard pays his dues to the Sea Gods. 
Its a wonderful read because it is plainly & simply a story about a fellow hell bent on a goal, that he strives to achieve through conditions that would send most men packing. The retelling is not dissimilar to the approach taken by Bill Tilman, embracing hardship & retelling the voyage with great understatement & modestly.
  

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