CRAZY CAMMAS! Conquering Cape Horn on a small flying catamaran

“I’vealways had three dreams,” confessed Franck Cammas, one of the greatest French sailors ever, “the first one I realized: it was to win the Volvo Ocean Race. The second, to participate in the America’s Cup, is in the making. The third is to round the world’s most famous Cape on a small flying catamaran.”

A FEAT NEVER ATTEMPTED (AND WE BELIEVE IT WELL!).
Now he also tries to take a third, very dangerous dare. Aboard a Nacra F20 Carbon FCS (Flight Control System, equipped with a foil) he will round Cape Horn, a feat never before attempted. Preparations began on November 8. Joining him on board is German Johannes Wiebel, an amateur sailor, but one who passed the tough selection stages for the venture (remember: Julbo, for which Cammas is a testimonial, had launched a contest whose winner would have the honor of crewing for Franck).

YOU RISK YOUR LIFE
Depart Ushuaia, stop in Puerto Williams, then Puerto Toro, a village of 50 souls that, if research stations are excluded, is the southernmost inhabited place in the world (3.875 kilometers from the South Pole), as well as the only village beyond the 55th parallel. The Nacra will be escorted by Xplore, an aluminum 67-footer under the command of Stephen Wilkins that will handle logistics and security in the Patagonian channels, to a point near Cape Horn. Then the actual enterprise. About 100 miles (a lot) into the frigid waters of the Southern Ocean, where if you fall overboard you’re dead, until you reach Cape Horn, double it and finally go ashore and climb the cliffs of Horn to bid farewell to the keeper of the mythical lighthouse and his family. Bottoms up, Johannes! Franck will not need it! To follow the enterprise: https://www.julbo.com/fr/julbo-sail-session