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AROUND THE HORN

on BBC Home Service Basic

A sequence of salty yarns by old salts
In the days of sail, the passage round storm-wracked Cape Horn was one of the supreme tests of a mariner. To qualify for membership of the Cape Horners Club you must have rounded the Horn under sail.
All the speakers began under sail-the senior, CAPTAIN S. C. FRY ,in 1896 Joining him for a yarn are: CAPTAIN A. W. BROMLEY
CAPTAIN J. R. MClNTYRE
CAPTAIN J. N. MACLEAN
CAPTAIN R. L. ROBERTSON and CAPTAIN A. F. RODGER with another master mariner and broadcaster, GEORGE DAVIDSON , steering the course Produced by ARCHIE P. LEE
Broadcast on April 24

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Cape Horn
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Captain S. C. Fry
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Captain A. W. Bromley
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Captain J. R. McLntyre
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Captain J. N. MacLean
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Captain R. L. Robertson
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Captain A. F. Rodger
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George Davidson

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