Nominations for Cape Horn Hall of Fame

Published on November 30th, 2023

Nominations have opened for six individual Cape Horners to be inducted into the International Association of Cape Horners (IACH) Cape Horn Hall of Fame. This follows the Class of 2023 inductees Dame Ellen MacArthur, Grant Dalton, Skip Novak, Jeanne Socrates, Franck Cammas, and Michel Desjoyeaux.

Organised by the IACH, in partnership with Les Sables d’Olonne, the home of single handed sailing, public nominations for the Class of 2024 closes on April 30. Anyone can nominate a Cape Horner of note by completing the nomination form: https://capehorners.org/hall-of-fame/

The submissions go before an independent panel of judges chaired by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston and 10-time circumnavigator Jean-Luc van den Heede who select the top 20 names to be voted on by the entire IACH membership to select the top six inductees each year.

Names honored in the IACH Cape Horn Hall of Fame:
• Willem Schouten (1567-1625), Netherlands
• Jacob Le Maire (1585-1616), Belgium
• Vice Admiral Robert Fitzroy (1805-1865), England
• Capt. Vern Verner Björkfelt (1900-1982), Finland
• Capt. Thomas Carter (T.C) Fearon (1813 – 1869), USA
• Capt. Adolph Hauth, Germany
• Capt. Louis Allaire (1880-1949), France
• Alan Villiers (1903-1982), Australia
• Vito Dumas (1900-1965), Argentina
• Marcel Bardiaux (1910-1958), France
• Sir Francis Chichester (1901-1972), England
• Sir Alec Rose (1908-1991), England
• Sir Robin Knox-Johnston (1939-), England
• Bernard Moitessier (1925-1994), France
• Sir Chay Blyth (1940-), Scotland
• Ramon Carlin (1923-2016), Mexico
• Éric Tabarly (1931-1998), France
• Cornelis van Rietschoten (1926-2013), Netherlands
• Dame Naomi James (1949-), New Zealand
• Kay Cottee (1954-), Australia
• Jon Sanders (1939-), Australia
• Philippe Jeantot (1952-), France
• Titouan Lamazou (1955-), France
• Sir Peter Blake (1948-2001), New Zealand
• Dilip Donde (1967-), India
• Stan Honey (1955-), America
• Dee Caffari (1973-), England
• Jean-Luc Van Den Heede (1945-), France
• Dame Ellen MacArthur (1976 -), UK
• Grant Dalton (1957 – ), New Zealand
• Skip Novak (1952 – ), USA
• Jeanne Socrates (1942 – ), UK
• Franck Cammas (1972 – ), France
• Michel Desjoyeaux ( 1965 – ), France