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Cape Horn Birthday: Record–Breaking Solo Non–Stop Circumnavigation
by Peter Freemen 2018
Cape Horn Birthday: Record–Breaking Solo Non–Stop Circumnavigation (Photo from the Peter Freeman collection.)
For many Canadians the record setting voyage of Peter Freeman has passed almost unnoticed. Indeed for some reason internet pages with lists of records set by international sailors do not seem to include him. But in 1984 he sailed the 32 foot sloop Laivina from west to east past the two great Capes
The book contains a fascinating account, day by day, of the voyage. But several appendices will be of interest and use to anyone contemplating a circumnavigation. Even these make fascinating reading. The book was only published in 2018 so it is easily available on Amazon. Seaworthy Publications Inc. Melbourne FL USA. Paper bound 337 pages. ISBN 9781948494045
Peter Freeman (Photo from the Peter Freeman collection.)
Author Peter Freeman is a yachtsman, writer of prose and poetry who lives on Saltspring Island BC. Of Australian origins he has been a contributor to the literary and artistic life of British Columbia for many years. Knowledgeable on a wide spectrum of subjects he brings his engaging personality to his recounting (through the log of the voyage) of his epic voyage.
Site News: May 08, 2024
The vessel database has been updated and is now holding 92,807 vessel histories (with 15,646 images and 13,442 records of ship wrecks and marine disasters). The mariner and naval biography database has also been updated and now contains 58,616 entries (with 4,013 images).
In 2023 the Nauticapedia celebrated the 50th Anniversary of it’s original inception in 1973 (initially it was on 3" x 5" file cards). It has developed, expanded, digitized and enlarged in those ensuing years to what it is now online. If it was printed out it would fill more than 300,000 pages!
My special thanks to our volunteer IT adviser, John Eyre, who (since 2021) has modernized, simplified and improved the update process for the databases into a semi–automated processes. His participation has been vital to keeping the Nauticapedia available to our netizens.
Also my special thanks to my volunteer content accuracy checker, John Spivey of Irvine CA USA, who has proofread thousands of Nauticapedia vessel histories and provided input to improve more than 11,000 entries. His attention to detail has been a huge unexpected bonus in improving and updating the vessel detail content.