Cape Horn Sat 31/3/07

After leaving the Falkland Islands we encountered strong winds that delayed our arrival at the Cape. We finally got there after dark and all we saw was the light of the lighthouse. It was a little rough but managable, later we found out that the winds were over 130 mph equating to over 12 on the Beaufort scale. The lighthouse advised our captain that these had been the strongest winds recorded at the Cape for over 7 years and the captain had not experienced such strong winds in his 50 roundings of the Cape. Soon after we left the Cape we were in sheltered waters and it was calm again. Very exicting!!!!!