Captain William Herbert Sidney Jones was born in England in 1889. He went to sea as an apprentice in 1906 at the age of 15, on the full-rigged ship 'British Isles' where he served for almost 4 years. After leaving the 'British Isles' in May 1909 at the completion of his apprenticeship, Captain Jones served on the three masted Barque Caithness-Shire, and subsequently moved on to other vessels.
'The Cape Horn Breed' is a gripping account of William Jones's life as a 15 year old apprentice on the ship 'British Isles'. he kept a pencilled diary in which recorded these voyages. From the thrilling exhilaration of 'bowling across from 8 at 10 knots before the North East Trade', to the terror and numbing cold of 71 days rounding Cape Horn from the east to west in winter. A nightmare voyage in which four men died but the 'British Isles' survived. This is no romantic sentimental picture, but a story of endurance, skill and great courage.
Contents:
Part 1
Chapter 1. Ambition
Chapter 2. Brasshound
Chapter 3. The 'British Isles'
Chapter 4. A Voyage to Remember
Chapter 5. Fine Weather and Fair Winds
Chapter 6. Fire!
Chapter 7. The Roaring Forties
Chapter 8. A Snorter
Chapter 9. Towards the Ice
Chapter 10. Tragedy
Chapter 11. The Limit of Endurance
Chapter 12. Turned Back
Chapter 13. Westing
Chapter 14. Into the Pacific
Chapter 15. Pisagua
Chapter 16. A Nitrate Port
Chapter 17. Sailing the Anchor Out
Chapter 18. Callao
Chapter 19. Refitted
Part 2
Chapter 20. The Bucko Mate
Chapter 21. Sydney Town
Chapter 22. Coals from Newcastle
Chapter 23. Wind-driven to Valparaiso
Chapter 24. Pacific Shores
Chapter 25. Mejillones
Chapter 26. Iquique
Chapter 27. Rolling Home
Chapter 28. Home Leave
Chapter 29. Third Mate
Chapter 30. The Albatross
Chapter 31. Second Mate
Chapter 32. Tacoma
Chapter 33. Among the Icebergs
Chapter 34. Queenstown for Orders
Chapter 35. On a Lee Shore
Chapter 36. Good-bye
Notes
Glossary
Index
