THURSDAY - To put our location in perspective we are as far south of the equator as Ketchican is north of it. Much cooler (lower 40's) and windy. The port side of the ship was wet from sea spray so it was short laps for my walk and I finished it in the gym. Waves are no more than 12 feet which I understand is almost calm for this area. Estimated time to arrive at Cape Horn is around 7 pm. I believe we'll cruise around the island. There will be destination expert aboard to describe the experience. We'll see a big rock with a lighthouse and a monument of an albatross. Sunset isn't until 8:30 so we should be able to get some pictures.
Another pub lunch to break up the day.
The Captain had a couple choices as he sailed towards Cape Horn and we're happy that he chose the smoother course. As we approach Cape Horn we're cruising through a passageway and the seas have become quite rough (the map on TV says in the vicinity of 6+ meters). Passengers in the window seats in the dining room will attest to that. A family of 2 adults and 2 children live in the lighthouse and are scheduled to be there for a year before being replaced. We were cruising around Cape Horn for just under 2 hours and when we exited the passage the seas became quite calm.
We ran into the first head waiter (Nelson) on the World Cruise and had a lengthy chat. You may remember me mentioning that we had a head waiter who could remember everyone's name. Len gave him a phony name (Mike) and he was called that every time we met Nelson - in the buffet, on shore among others. He didn't remember our names after 2 years but he recognized the faces.
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