Rounding Cape Horn - most southern point in South America

Sailing around Cape Horn is not an experience which very many people have the privilege of  enjoying and, we are, without question, very fortunate to have had the opportunity to do this.
The waters around this most southern land tip, are known to have some of the roughest, most violent seas, and strongest winds of any ocean in the world.
But, I guess our luck was in - the air was just moving under a gentle breeze, the sea was flat with a gentle swell, and although there was significant cloud in the area of the Cape, visibility was quite good.
We approached Cape Horn from the east side and proceeded to sail north along the east coast of Horn Island, while navigating around it in an anticlockwise direction.
After reaching the northern point of the island, we continued in a southerly direction along its west coast, and on reaching Cape Horn, we then turned to the east and headed from the Pacific Ocean into the Atlantic Ocean.
As we headed away to the east, and while looking back towards the cape and the near islands, the sun had broken through the cloud and we were looking at the clearing skies of a southern ‘summer’ day.
Who would have guessed? We were so very lucky!
   
Cape Horn in the distance.

   
Horn Island - east side.

Horn Island - east side

  
Horn Island - west side

 
Most southern point of the South American continent,
1,000km to the right is Antarctica.

Looking back towards Cape Horn 
clear skies and calm water.

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