American sailor Ryan Finn has become the first yachtsman ever to sail around Cape Horn in a proa. Finn completed his New York to San Francisco solo record attempt on…

Bernard Stamm encounters rough seas as he rounds Cape Horn in the Velux 5 Oceans 7/2/07

It hasn't been easy for the VOR fleet to round the mighty Cape but now they face another obstacle…a wind hole 3/3/06

Click here to listen to Elaine Bunting talk to Dee Caffari about rounding Cape Horn, and interviews with her team about what lies ahead

Back to Cape Horn

Global Challenge yacht Team Stelmar is forced to return to South America after a crewman breaks his arm

Geronimo has passed Cape Horn after 41 days, 16 hours and 27 minutes at sea, which is 10 hours ahead of the current Jules Verne Trophy holder

Pitchpoled at Cape Horn

Dismasting may have saved Derek Hatfield's life as he was flung underneath his boat by a breaking wave

Relief as Géronimo leaves the Indian Ocean for the Pacific 'a world full of happy memories for me', says Géronimo's normally hard-bitten skipper

Serial world-girdler Jean-Luc Van Den Heede, onboard the 85ft Open class Adrien, has rounded Cape Horn