Traveling with Storys: December 4, 2024 - Wednesday

December 4, 2024 – Wednesday Day 70 of this journey

Scenic Sailing Cape Horn - Again

We are still rocking and rolling this morning, but we know the day will end with us being at a dock.

Around 8:00 am (as predicted by the Captain – imagine that) we are passing Cape Horn. In reality, what the Captain has done is swing west enough that we were in the Pacific Ocean. Then turned back east so that we could cross the line between the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans right as we were coming around Cape Horn.

We’ve now done that twice, but for all those passengers that got on in Ushuaia this is their first opportunity to see Cape Horn and pass between the two oceans. We all get a Certificate documenting the fact.

Now we head for the Beagle Channel. We’ll pick up an Argentinian Pilot there and should be docked about 7:00 pm.

Tonight is a special night for “The 38”. The Food and Beverage Manager has blocked off all of Manfredi’s for the evening and we will be meeting as a group to have dinner, say some goodbyes, but it also gives us an opportunity to thank those special waiters, cooks, line staff, senior management, that have been so instrumental in making this a voyage of a lifetime.

We were offered cocktails as we entered Manfredi’s, then found a place to sit. A few remarks were made before the meal was served. Food was great (no surprise). Cream of Pumpkin soup; Prosciutto & Melon; Cloudberry Granite; Choice of Surf & Turf (Russ) or Seared Halibut (Jan); and the finale was an individual Baked Alaska with a penguin on the side out of fondant.