Velux 5 Oceans - Brad Van Liew looks ahead to The Horn

3:19 PM Tue 15 Feb 2011 GMT

'Brad Van Liew on his yacht, Le Pingouin' onEdition &copy

Velux 5 Oceans Sprint three leader Brad Van Liew has revealed he has started to plan his rounding of the infamous Cape Horn, the most southerly tip of South America. Up until now the 43-year-old American has been focused on weather systems approaching from behind as the Velux 5 Oceans fleet fly through the Southern Ocean powered east by prevailing winds. But with less than 2,000 nautical miles to go until Brad must navigate his Eco 60 Le Pingouin around the dangerous waters off Tierra del Fuego, an archipelago of islands that includes Cape Horn, his thoughts have now turned ...

Click here for full story.

by Velux 5 Oceans

Newsfeed supplied by

#News #Cruising

Cruising

Night Watch: Stay Useful After Dark

Watch stints, handovers and sleep that holds up

Cruising

The Bar Crossing: Wait for Slack Water

Cross on slack or the first of the flood.

Nearby
North Head, NSW	16 kn ENE
Little Bay, NSW	10 kn ENE
Cronulla, NSW	24 kn ENE
Windiest in Australia
Cape Byron, NSW	25 kn ENE	19°
Most Windless in Australia
Mount Stuart (Defence), QLD	Calm	29°
Hottest in Australia
Borroloola, NT	9 kn NNE	37°
Coldest in Australia
Mount Ginini, NSW	10 kn ENE	10°
Wettest in Australia
Nambour, QLD	37.8 mm

Velux 5 Oceans - Brad Van Liew looks ahead to The Horn

Night Watch: Stay Useful After Dark

The Bar Crossing: Wait for Slack Water

Live Weather

Nearby

Windiest in Australia

Most Windless in Australia

Hottest in Australia

Coldest in Australia

Wettest in Australia

(Other) Articles

Buy & Sell

2025 Starboard

2026 Duotone Neo Sls

RRD 2 X Kids Sail Quiver, Mast, Boom, Extens

2026 CodeFoils Race Wings

2025 Foil Drive Nolimitz/Code

Infinity Rnb Tech Carbon 8'8"X32"

2025 One Titanium Fuselage Suits Axis. Short.

Know before you go

Download the Seabreeze app for iOS or Android.

Weather

Activities

About

Other

Support