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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: January 14, 2025
The vessel database has been updated and is now holding 94,957 vessel histories (with 16,337 images and 13,935 records of ship wrecks and marine disasters).
The mariner and naval biography database has also been updated and now contains 58,599 entries (with 3998 images).
My thanks to Ray Warren who is beginning a long process of filling gaps in the photo record of the vessel histories in the vessel database. Ray has been documenting the ships of Vancouver Harbour for more than 60 years.
Thanks to contributor Mike Rydqvist McCammon for the hundreds of photos he continues to contribute to illustrate British Columbia’s floating heritage.
My very special thanks to our volunteer IT adviser, John Eyre, who (since 2021) has modernized, simplified and improved the update process for the databases into semi–automated processes. His participation has been vital to keeping the Nauticapedia available to our netizens.
Thanks to John Spivey who is beginning his 4th year of fact checking all of the entries in the vessel database.