A rough provisional estimation of the itinerary for my Cape Horn doubling.

[@DavidD6969]

Gives you lot's of time for sea trials and working out the bug's 👍

[@motoretro1972]

Be careful, on the island of Chiloe, Al Hansen has already been smashed after rounding Cape Horn from the east. May you begin and end your journey healthy and in a peaceful world. But until then we'll keep watching your videos.

[@SvenYrvindExlex]

I will enter from the south and keep Al Hansen in mind.

[@SpinStar1956]

Sven, I made a small contribution and will try to do so as time goes along. I really really believe in your quest. Not only do you have the expertise as a sailor but also as a boat designer, with one of the best concepts for both ensuring success as well as safety. I really have no experience sailing but I’ve always had reservations about normal sail boats because they looked either easy to swamp or to breach. When things get really really bad weatherwise, there seems like there’s nowhere that is weathertight to escape two where is your boat, that is the main concept! What’s more, with your boat I feel that a novice sailor would have so much better chance with whatever he might encounter then with classic designs. Also, thank you very much for including the text of your announcement as at times it is hard for me to understand or know the spelling of certain places - so thank you! Also, I think your quest is absolutely fascinating and I would have to agree with the 50-50 rule because then there is absolutely no contesting the rounding. Anyway good luck Sven and I will hopefully be able to help you more in the future and I encourage others to do the same…

[@SvenYrvindExlex]

Thanks for the contribution. It helps me a lot. Glad you like my concept. The boating industry like it less as there is much less money in it than big boats.

[@danielgrwaldphone2927]

If Putin gets his way, there probably won't be any money...

[@bobcornwell403]

Sounds like a good plan. I have learned a lot from you over the years. A lot of ideas that go into my designs, I got from you. The one I'm building now, a 3 ft x 10 ft scow, has a bit of Bris III In it. It will have emergency floatation that is made up of 12 repurposed plastic milk jugs which will displace about 3.7 kg each. They will be placed along the sides of the boat, right under the side decks, with the capped ends pointing up. The hull of this boat is 1.25 ft deep. If the boat capsizes, it will be easy to right. Once righted, there will be a great deal of water inside the boat, under the jugs. This provides three characteristics: 1.) The boat will be easy to get back on board, once it's righted. The buoyancy on either side will be less than even the average pre-teen child weighs (only 22.2 kg). Just push that side under, and swim on board. 2.) The water, in the boat, will act as much as ballast, as it will act as a capsizing weight. This is because the stability of the boat will be governed mostly by the the buoyancy on one side multiplied by a little less than half the Beam of the boat. 3.) It will be the water inside the boat, not the flotation jugs, which will support most of my body weight, once I'm back on board. This will be the case until I bail out much of the water. I remember, a long, long time ago, you explaining this idea when discussing the design of BRIS III. As always, I enjoy following your adventures in both voyaging and bot design.

[@SvenYrvindExlex]

Good luck with the building. Bris III was about 8 meterling twin keeler that never got finished. You may confuse her with Bris IV or Amfibie Bris. Keep building

[@jwboatdesigns]

I'm sorry to hear that you wont be coming to New Zealand, I'd have been very happy to meet you here and help you have a look around our country. As a by the way a friend of mine rounded Cape Horn each way in a Klepper Kayak about thirty years ago. He tells a really good story.

[@SvenYrvindExlex]

Thanks very much for the hospitality. I had trouble getting visa to Australia from the burocrats and South Africa was to dangerous. It would have been a too long passage for my muscle not to move properly. Up to 180 days. Who knows we may meet somehow. Thanks again Yrvind

[@jwboatdesigns]

@@SvenYrvindExlex Sven, my kayak friend and I were in the Cape Horn area of Chile a little while ago, me as shore support, he as the sailor. He reports that there is a huge increase of kelp in the waters shallow enough to anchor in, giant kelp that makes many previous anchorages untenable as it is not possible to anchor in them and in many places it is so thick that its not possible to sail through it to get to the shore.

[@jwboatdesigns]

@@SvenYrvindExlex Do bear in mind that New Zealand is not Australia, we're very much our own country. It is proposed that in August this year our Covid entry restrictions will be lifted and we will return to normal entry conditions for cruising yachts. From Chiloe to New Zealand is possible, head north to the southern edges of the Pacific trade winds, stop in the Marquesas, Cook Islands or Fiji, and then turn south to New Zealand.

[@SvenYrvindExlex]

@@jwboatdesigns Thanks for the information. My planned route takes me outside to about lat 43° south, a long way from Cape Horn the Chiloe Island. It is well populated. I do not think I have problems with kelp there.

[@SvenYrvindExlex]

@@jwboatdesigns Thanks for the information. I have a bit of information on New Zealand and Australia. Sweden have the same problem getting mixed up with Switzerland or Norway. We will see whats going to happen many years from now. It is like the weather forcasts the longer span the more difficult the predictions

[@Humble_Electronic_Musician]

I wish and pray that you will be healthy and sailing even when you will be 100 years old :) It's a joy to watch you on KZbin God bless you!

[@jasonmcintosh2632]

I gave Yrvind money a couple of times. Not a lot, but he appreciated it. : )

[@SvenYrvindExlex]

All contributions helps a lot. thanks again.

[@freddiehoskins6658]

Your concepts are impeccable ! The myth of small boat seaworthiness is debunked!

[@mattevans-koch9353]

Thank as always Sven for the update of your potential itinerary. Planning takes time as does building a boat and it is better to take the time and not rush things when preparing for an adventure of the magnitude you are undertaking. Take care and have a good week ahead.

[@redsailor101]

Hi friend!

[@gems34]

Great Idea to provision in the Falklands not too far north to 50deg and better weather window timing

[@SvenYrvindExlex]

Falkland to Chile is estimated to be 80 days the plan is not to use a weather window but to build a boat that can handle any weather. What I will do is to leave port with faworable conditions and make a landfall in good weather.

[@marcelooscarreinoso923]

Sven, I find odd to have both a centerboard and twin keels, even ir they aré small. You would loose the ability to surf waves either downwind or in case of get caugth by wave by the beam. Derivateur integraux have that advantage, but need nothing below the hull when centerboard Is lift, only remaining rudder and skeg.

[@SvenYrvindExlex]

Yacht design is a complex task. The twin keels or rather bilge keels have two important functions, to lower ballast and to safely let the boat take the ground. A boat with astrong bottom can also take the ground but sometimes there are hard stones and other sharp objects also the bilge keels keep the boat a bit up saving the bottom paint. There are disadvatages to my design, but every design do have disadvantages. The thing is to be avare of the chosen disadvantages and be sure that you can live with them.

[@melinda5777]

Thank you very much! I love to see your mind work. 🙏❤🇺🇸⛵⚓

[@braithmiller]

So much great information maps.

[@svlamancha9877]

Good luck with your best laid plans. Your schedule is realistic it shows you you’ve done this many times. Fair winds when the time comes. 👍

[@ralphwatten2426]

Are you bringing camping gear. It looks like there are quite a few beaches around Stanley. If you are already above 50 degrees south, why would you need to go back north again. Wouldn't Alan Villiers understand? How will your masts be retained in case of pitch poling. Nice short masts I doubt if they'd break. Thanks Sven-

[@SvenYrvindExlex]

Its for the lore of the Horn. Villers would understand but now there is a new generation.

[@ralphwatten2426]

@@SvenYrvindExlex How about your masts Sven, are they going to stay on if you end for end?

[@SvenYrvindExlex]

@@ralphwatten2426 Mast are very strong and short. They are designed to take any capsize and pitch poole.

[@andrewcarr3650]

Such fortitude! Can you make fast in a cove and wait for an Easterly? Alternatively press on deep South, but the weather could be severe. Good Luck!

[@SvenYrvindExlex]

Coasts are dangerous. I am an offshore man. No waiting in coves for me-

[@gabrielalzugarayabal3995]

saludos desde uruguay!!!!

[@AM-es5up]

😁👍

[@danielgrwaldphone2927]

Any plan to mount a camera or two up the masts?

[@largemarge1603]

Seconded. [Walter Cronkite voice-over]: "Now, we interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you live on-the-scene up-dates from our intrepid reporter... someplace in the middle of nowhere. Professor Whirlwind, how are you holding up?" . On the other hand, that introduces complexity to a simple boat. On the other other hand, sponsors would be standing in line for a chance to support a segment of the journey...

[@SvenYrvindExlex]

A lot of waves are not interesting.

[@danielgrwaldphone2927]

For us it would be interesting to see your journey. (Or an edited version.) I am thinking cheap chinese dash cams, that you can power on (auto-record) and of from midships.

[@SvenYrvindExlex]

@@danielgrwaldphone2927 There are many videos on KZbin with waves. I can send sms with short messages to a friend that puts them on my webpage via a Garmin tracker that also puts my position on a Windy weather map like year 2020 and 2021.

[@danielbtzibur8637]

@@SvenYrvindExlex In these insecure days there are many boats (Yachts) that have turned their AIS transponders off. Cockpit controlled mast cameras together with strategic placed protected portholes can make your journey much safer. Wish you all well.