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Cape Horn

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I read "Once is Enough" before I set sail on my circumnavigation. Doing so saved my life, the lives of my wife, daughter and crew when we were capsized three times in a tropical cyclone (hurricane) off Fiji. During one capsize we lost the companionway hatch and without a thought I knew exactly how to make repairs and seal that huge hole, thanks to that book. A very important book for anyone who dares venture beyond the sight of land, IMHO.
In the early 70's I met John Guzzwell in Hawaii and he was obviously prematurely grey. He said it happened almost overnight, after the pitchpole.
 
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