Cape Horner

English Noun 1 en nautical A ship that sails around Cape Horn Chapter XXXV No merchant vessel looks better than an Indiaman, or a Cape Horn-er, after a long voyage; and many captains and mates will stake their reputation for seamanship upon the appearance of their ship when she hauls into the dock. en 1899 By Way of Cape Horn: Four Months in a Yankee Clipper Paul Eve Stevenson 291 Yet such fellows are by no means uncommon at sea, for one often happens upon a man in a Cape Horner's forecastle whom Nature did not intend should be there. en 1955 Merchant Sail - Volume 4 William Armstrong Fairburn 2377 The Morning Light (I) was built as a Cape Horner, in which service she made five voyages and performed creditably considering her sailing chances. A sailor who has sailed around Cape Horn. en 2003 Cape Horn: The Logical Route Bernard Moitessier 24 I had gone and seen the Norwegian Consul, a man in his sixties, tall and square, who had been a Cape Horner in the days of the sailing ships. en 2009 Against the Flow Dee Caffari 100 I received a message from Sir Chay Blyth congratulating me on becoming a solo Cape Horner and reminding me how few people could claim such a feat in a westabout direction. en 2017 The Cape Horners' Club Adrian Flanagan I bought a gold earring for Barrabas, her badge as a Cape Horner, as a tribute and a thank you. A gale with icy rain occurring south of Cape Horn. en 1888 A Voyage to the Cape William Clark Russell 358 Hour after hour this went on, the gale sweeping through the masts of the ship with the ring and fury, and with something of the icy edge too, of what used to be called a "Cape Horner;" the steamer plunging and rolling furiously upon the boiling summits, and in the midnight hollows of a genuinely angry and conflicting Channel sea; the engines sometimes slowly moving, sometimes coming to a dead stand; en 2016 Solo around Cape Horn Edward Allcard 95 It was for a north-west gale, veering to south-west (i.e. a normal Cape Horner, which was bound to last for at least three days). en 2018 Astronauts of Cape Horn Nicholas Gray In the teeth of a full gale, a real Cape Horner, he struggled to lower all sail whilst facing the biggest seas he had ever experienced. en 2022 Life and Adventure in the South Pacific John D. Jones We reduced the sail to a close-reefed main-topsail, sent down top gallant yards, and prepared for a regular “Cape Horner.”