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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 09 September 2013
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"Kap Hoorners" are captains, having crossed the Kap Hoorn at Tierra del Fuego by
a sailing ship. They had had an association. As meanwhile for a Long time
merchant shipping has been done by steam vessels, the "Kap Hoorners" are simply
dying out (or have meanwhile). The association had an own flag. One of them is
in Hamburg Maritime Museum. I believe, the main branch was located in St. Malo
(Brittany; France). The association, as far as I know, has been dissolved a few
years ago.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 08 September 2013
I believe this is what you're looking for:
- Old seagul logo
with St. Malo inscription - Source:
http://www.capehorners.org/history1.html
- Another old logo
version - Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Horner )
- Yet
another old logo version - Source:
http://7seasvessels.com/?p=87884
)
- New logo,
displaying seagul, boat, yacht and initials IACH - Source:
http://www.capehorners.org/ )
- New logo (with
initials in Spanish) - Source:
http://www.caphorniers.cl/
- IACH (International Association of Cape Horners, established as Amicale
Internationale des Capitaines au Long Cours Cap horniers in 1937 in St. Malo,
France) official website:
http://www.capehorners.org/ and official Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/CapeHorners , and history:
http://www.capehorners.org/pres-msg.html ,
http://www.capehorners.org/history1.html ,
http://www.capehorners.org/history2.html and founding and Congresses
http://www.caphorniers.cl/amicale/amicale_eng.htm
- Cape Horn Race:
http://www.capehornrace.org/ under IRC Handicap See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRC_(sailing)
There are several countries' associations as well:
- http://www.cap-horniers.fr/ and
http://www.caphorniersfrancais.fr/ (France)
- http://www.capehorn.it/ (Italy)
- http://www.caphorniers.cl/
(Chile)
- http://www.kaaphoornvaarders.nl/
(Netherlands)
-
http://www.caphorniers-de-plaisance.com/ (Plaisance)
-
http://www.kolumbus.fi/jamikko/Purjelaivat_AICH.htm (Finland) and many
others...
Esteban Rivera, 08 September 2013
It’s emblem was the albatros’ head caught in a special albatros trap, surrounded
by a red ring with white letters on a blue flag. Several maritime museums show
such flags in their displays, for instance, as Klaus-Michael states, Hamburg,
but also the tiny museum at near-by Bruhnsbüttel, located at the entrance to the
canal linking the North-Sea and the Baltic. Here is a
picture
of the AICH
flag in 2007. And, of course, in St. Malo, where the Solidor Tower hosts the
museum of the Cap Horniers. To my knowledge, there is but one flag design of the
AICH, I have never seen any other type of AICH flags, like branch flags or the
like.
There are quite a few websites dedicated to the AICH, just search by Google "cap
hornier".
Emil Dreyer, 08 September 2013
There is a successor-organization in Chile with a yacht within the logo. I
believe, for most countries that doesn’t count. Required is a merchant vessel
without any auxiliary engine.
There had been branches of the organization in: Aaland Islands,
Australia,
Belgium, Canada, Chile,
Denmark, United States of America,
England, Finnland,
France, Germany, Italy,
Netherlands, Norway and
Sweden.
The name probably has changed twice from: Amicale des Capitaines au Long Course
- Cap Horniers (ACLC - CH) into Amicale des Cap Horniers (ACH) and finally into
Amicale Internationale des Cap Horniers - St. Malo (AICH - ST. Malo)
Source: I spotted this flag in Hamburg Maritime Museum on 25 Sep 2008.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 09 September 2013