A Cape Horner is a captain of a

sailing ship A sailing ship is a sea-going vessel that uses sails mounted on masts to harness the power of wind and propel the vessel. There is a variety of sail plans that propel sailing ships, employing square-rigged or fore-and-aft sails. Some ships ...

which has sailed around

Cape Horn Cape Horn ( es, Cabo de Hornos, ) is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile, and is located on the small Hornos Island. Although not the most southerly point of South America (which are the Diego Ramí ...

, and who is a member of the Association Amicale Internationale des Capitaines au Long-Cours-Cap Horniers. The following countries have all been active members of AMICALE: Germany, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Denmark, the United States of America, Finland, the Netherlands, UK, the Aland Islands, Italy, Norway, New Zealand and Sweden. Due to the death of most of its members, the Federated Congress of AMICALE decided to put an end to the international entity, which was definitively dissolved on May 15, 2003. However, the following countries have decided to continue their activities independently : Germany (ending mid-September 2004), Australia, Chile, Finland, England, Aland Islands and New Zealand. To this relationship must be added the Caphorniers Foundation of Holland and the Cape Horn Club of Norway, both made up of sympathizers of the original Brotherhoods. A small French group also continues, as does an official Chilean group sponsored and supported by the Chilean Navy: the Chilean Section of the Cape Horn Captains Brotherhood, the "Cape Horners". Cape Horner may also refer to a ship that has rounded Cape Horn. Balclutha (San Francisco)

'' Balclutha'' rounded

a record 17 times in thirteen years, with a crew of 26. A Cape Horner that has passed the Horn, the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), and

Cape Leeuwin Cape Leeuwin is the most south-westerly (but not most southerly) mainland point of the Australian continent, in the state of Western Australia. Description A few small islands and rocks, the St Alouarn Islands, extend further in Flinders ...

(Australia) is known as a three cap.

Gallery

File:Marion Josiah under sail PRG-1373-15-65.jpg, The Marion Josiah File:Tijuca ex Marion Josiah dismasted in Buenos Aires H33 220 4404A 7067987.jpg, A dismasted Marion Josiah in Valaparaiso File:The 'Don' at Port Adelaide 1908 PRG-1373-22-53.jpg, The don File:Antarctica(js) 2.jpg, Cape Horn File:B(1871) p307 ROUNDING CAPE HORN.jpg, Rounding the Horn File:Parma Kap Hoorn Grüne See 1932 33.jpg, Awash round Cape Horn File:StateLibQld 1 143751 Craigerne (ship).jpg, Rounding Cape Horn File:Cape Horn Monument.jpg, Horn Monument an Albatross in tribute to cape Horners

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French Cape HornersChilean Section of the Cape Horn Captains Brotherhood - The Cape HornersDutch Cape Horners Foundation(British) 'International' Association of Cape HornersNational Maritime Museum, Archive
* Port Victoria Maritime Museum: A

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commemorating the journeys of the Cape Horners made to Port Victoria in

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Tour Solidor, St Malo, France. Cape Horners Museum. Sailing