Cape Horn is on the Isla Hornos and is considered to be the most southern point of South America. This island is located on the southern tip of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago. The Horn also forms the northern boundary of the strait dividing South America and Antarctica, known as the Drake Passage.
The 1719 novel by Daniel Defoe that traces the tumultuous voyages and ultimate survival of a man with a lust for the ocean, has sparked many a debate as to who may have inspired the novel’s main protagonist, Robinson Crusoe.
A rundown of the January crewing posts 2018 from the Lovesail members. For more details visit the crewing section of the Lovesail site.
The new look London Boat Show 2018 starts tomorrow, Wednesday 10th January and runs for 5 days until Sunday 14th January 2018.
Many of us have heard about the law of salvage which is embedded into maritime law – but what does it mean and what considerations are there for sailors? The law of salvage allows that a person who recovers another person’s ship/cargo in peril or lost at sea is entitled to a reward commensurate with the value of the property saved.
Liberty Ships were mass-produced cargo ships built during World War II to give the Allies much-needed merchant tonnage (the weight of the cargo of a merchant ship). Of the 2,710 Liberty Ships built during the war years 1941 to 1945, over 2,400 survived the conflict.
What is origami? Origami is the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes and sculptures. It comes from the words ori meaning folding and kami meaning paper. Origami has been practiced in Japan since the 6th century as a ceremonial practice. It is also said that origami gifts would be given by Samurais to each other as a good luck token to guard against any future dangers they may encounter. It wasn’t until the Edo period (1603–1867) when it was used for leisure and as a form of art. In Origami square pieces of paper are used, plain on one side and patterned on the other.
Here is a round-up of some of the Winter crewing posts 2017 from Lovesail members. If you would like to muster more details just log into your Lovesail account and visit the crewing section. If you are not a member of Lovesail yet then come and have a look at the site, it might just be what you are looking for.