Many talkers Few doers Hats off

My father new a man who was a fisherman his whole life and never saw a day on the water without sea sickness. That's as solid as a man gets!

I was very fortunate to land at the lighthouse at Cape Horn on one the very rare days in the Southern Ocean during a relatively calm sea,On board the Explorer returning from Antarctica in 1992.AS a Ex-Whaler the seas in this area are not for the faint hearted and i am amazed at the courage of sailors such as Sir Robin Knox Johnson rounding the Horn in such Tiny Vessels

Maybe I’m old-fashioned [Ok, ok I am] but something awfully nice about this group of seriously able & experienced men - each happy to contribute in their own way without needing to dominate or blow their own trumpet - kind of humbling and a crew you just want to be part of

I feel honored to drop by and view this. Salute BBC and the camera crew who filmed it! Sir Robin is certainly a hero.

Sir Robin Knox Johnston is a legend in every way.

i like watching this on board my 30ft sloop, in the barn, in a new england nor'easter.

Brave, brave Sir Robin!

Great footage of a very difficult passage. Glad it's on KZfaq for all to see!

That piece of vis at 4:49 with three sails out and the rolling waves looks to define bravery. Just stunnning

Wow amazing! thanks for sharing. That will be me one day sailing to Cape Horn.

Sir Robin is a heroic figure of seamanship.

Makes me appreciate the first time rounding of Cape Horn by Ferdinand Magellan in 1520. No maps. No idea of how far further south they needed to go. No idea what land mass or shoals or reefs awaited them... No modern navigation aids. No radio to send an SOS. No hope of rescue if they ran aground.... What a leader Magellan must have been to not have his men mutiny on him. Great footage. Great sailors. Great sailing. Thank you for posting.

The 1929 Cape Horn adventure is brutal

it makes you wonder who the cameramen are and what they went through.

Rounded SE Cape. Tasmania . And the sun was shining Flat calm . That was a great video . Glad Mr Johnston had a drink at the lighthouse . Well done

I used to go sailing with my uncle Jim who was ex royal marines , he used to say there was only one cure for sea sickness and that was to stand under a tree.

WHAT AN OUTSTANDING VIDEO!! Is there a rule that says you have to round Cape Horn in bad weather?? I DON'T THINK SO!!! As far as I'm concerned, rounding Cape Horn is rounding Cape Horn NO MATTER WHAT THE WEATHER IS!!! And the added rarity of landing on Cape Horn Island ON A CALM DAY makes this a truly special video. To you haters out there, let me see YOU try Cape Horn in FAIR WEATHER OR FOUL!!!⛵⛵⛵⚓⚓⚓✌✌✌✌

Skip Novak didn’t get a mention - and he runs charters in that boat down there all the time!!

Now that is what you call sailing. I would kill to do This. It is what you call true freedom.Theres nothing better and theres nothing worse. Just you, your friends, the boat, and trust. Freedom.

If I could round the horn with Robin words can not subscribe

I emailed the BBC in 2010 and got the response: Unfortunately "Top Dogs, Adventures in War, Sea and Ice" is not currently available on DVD through BBC Shop and we are unaware of any plans to release this title in the near future. There's no sign of any change, alas...

The man is a legend Sir Robin Knox

Thank you ❗

Probably one of the greatest Britons...take your pick.

The filming off Pelagic was done by Tim Butt on SV "Seal" which was the support boat. It wasn't as bad as it looks!

I'm amazed that boat was able to stay afloat under the combined weight of Sir Ranulph and Sir Robin's gigantic balls.

Wow! Great video

this video is monumental

@odderanswer That is a pretty apt description, I've only ever been seasick twice and that was EXACTLY how I felt both times.

That is exactly what my sailing buddies and I would do, if we ever had the privilege to land on Cape Horn, share some good red wine, or scotch, and have a fine cigar.

That was on Skip Novac's boat. Surely he skippered it around the horn.

I used to go to sea with my dad on a small Dutch coaster when I was very young.Sea sickness is when you want to go.Ihave been sea sick on the Lydia she was 350 ton small coaster in bad weather in the Norh Sea.

Love this.

The filming off Pelagic was done by Tim Butt on SV "Seal" which was the support boat. See It wasn't as bad as it looks!

Did not realise seasickness could be so bad. I had it before on a fairly bad sea crossing. I remember I couldn't really move and when I did make it to the bathroom and looked in the mirror my face was green!

one day, i'll be there... hope

4:17 Seems like a pretty good boat!

Grand! I guess rounding Cape Horn is a must do for every true hearted sailor. One of the last places on earth that is actually far away and hard to reach.

@Carloyal Steel! I've amended the description.

Dziękuje

Legend

Anyone know where to get hold of full series?

What is worse than sea sickness? Being sea sick and hung over. You know it is blowing when the person next to you can't hear what you are saying no matter how loud you yell.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW

I want to go there.

When I crewed charter angling boats as a kid I was told that sea sickness came in two waves...in the morning it made you feel like you were going to die and in the afternoon you'do wish you would.

Sorry for the slight delay! Tim Butt was the cameraman.

Skip Novak is the man.

does anyone have a link to the full episode?

Correct me if I'm wrong, this is Skip Novak's steel hulled South African built 48'? I think it's 48'. He also has a South African built Aluminium hull 58' Pelagic Australis, again I think she is 58'

I'll need to find the full documentary. The ship is obviously accompanied, by whom or what ? I"ll be looking at windy.com re patterns, but I've not seen it anything other than mean red... thanks +capehorners

@Sarah224622 OK, I give in, where does MattG send you here?! I've checked his recent videos and ............

Peale's Dolphins! I've never seen anyone. Lucky guys. :)

@bobbylockes I've often thought that documentary cameramen are the unsung heroes. This cameraman would have had a very wet and miserable time.

@mkjhartmann This Brit most definitely believes in safety harnesses. I hope the cameraman was.

@prscheownr Thanks.

What was the accompanying craft and who did the filming?

@rolomasters no. argentina actually. sorry to be smartassy here...;)

All The way around the Horn

Does anyone in the entire world know how to get this on DVD???

Oh anybody can do it in summer!

So if you round the horn in fair weather in short order are you still a proper seaman? Every passage is different.

What is the boat that they're using ?

So where's the photographer doing all obvious

MattG124 sent me!

I love cape horn!!!!!!!!!!!!

my pro wrote that

that looks like a bottle of MacAllan to me

Mmmmmmm...... crab....... :)

Say Cape Horn 10times as fast as you can.

Cheapskates would probably try to round the Horn so they won't have to pay for the Panama Canal.

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Robin Knox-Johnston is a gem of a person was in 1969-is still.Don't leave the "t" off Johnstone--I think it means he is of Scottish decent.Why do Scotsmen wear kilts? So when they step over a drunken Irishmen they can see what a real man looks like.Ha!Sail on sailor,Sail on!

You would think if humans are from earth sea sickness would not be a thing we picked a planet with mostly water

Like knox johnston would be in charge of Skip Novak's boat.

It is tough, but it does not deserve heroes acting, its an exercise in rough weather sailing.. To be had up north as well and gouing round from West to East is one thing, ging around from East to West somethinfg else...yes ...my skiper was Popov on his Kekelistrion...so ...dont make a big deal out of it..

The temporary green kinetically bang because skill admittedly guess onto a greedy great-grandmother. earsplitting, capricious policeman

This video could have been produced in a less dramatic fashion. It is over hyped sensationalism. Cut the close-filmed scenes of waves near the beginning, tone down the over loud wave crashing noises (it isn't that loud when on a boat) and it becomes a more realistic video.

Now that is what you call sailing. I would kill to do This. It is what you call true freedom.Theres nothing better and theres nothing worse. Just you, your, friends, the boat, and trust. Freedom.