Great capes

[1] The great capes became landmarks in ocean voyaging due to the hazards they presented to shipping.

[2] The traditional clipper route followed the winds of the roaring forties south of the great capes.

[3] Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz of Poland followed the route when she became the first woman to sail solo around the world, embarking on her journey from the Canary Islands on March 28, 1976, and returning on April 21, 1978.

For the sailor, a great cape is both a very simple and an extremely complicated whole of rocks, currents, breaking seas and huge waves, fair winds and gales, joys and fears, fatigue, dreams, painful hands, empty stomachs, wonderful moments, and suffering at times.

[5]The five southernmost capes refer to the five geographically southern mainland (or large island) points on the Earth.