Polish Solanus - from the North West Passage to the Horn

11:05 PM Thu 18 Nov 2010 GMT

'Solanus in the North West Passage - now for Cape Horn' .

She'd made her way all the from Poland, she'd conquered the Northwest Passage during the summer, one of the most dangerous sailing routes in the world, considered a watery Everest. Yet deeper trouble loomed large for the 48ft yawl when she hit the Bering Sea. Solanus, sailing under the Polish flag with a seasoned three-member crew out of the Yacht Club of Poland on a year-and-a-half-long expedition, ran into a series of fierce and bitter storms in October, chilling Solanus to her steel ribs, roughing her up with gale-force gusts up to 50 ...

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by Angela Hill, Oakland Tribune/Sail-World Cruising