Cape Horn

With Cape Horn in his wake, he’s heading for the tip of South Africa. February 2017 ...read more

In Part 2 of our series, JEFF HARTJOY continues his quest to become the oldest American to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world. On board his 40 Baba 40 ketch Sailors Run, the intrepid 69-year-old sailor is now approaching Cape Horn… Day 20 — Dodging Squalls 24hr ...read more

Sailors Run rockets away from the Horn with 35 knots of wind on the port beam, thanks to a low that is creeping along just to the south. The strong north wind promises to hold us down to this more southern and colder route, though I hope to escape and get further north to 48 ...read more

On July 28, 1999, my wife, Debbie, and I cut the dock lines on our Bob Perry-designed Baba 40 ketch, Sailors Run, at the Long Branch Marina in Washington’s South Puget Sound, and sailed away to explore the world under sail: an ambition I had nurtured since I first set foot on a ...read more