This boat came with name. The previous owners took her twice through the ditch and once around the Horn. “Horn” is short for Cape Horn, South America. Salerosa evidently made that trip, ‘The Horn’ noted for its incredibly bad passage weather.
“Rounding the Horn” is a significant accomplishment for any vessel and crew, as the area is known for its perfect storm of maritime dangers. These include icy temperatures, unpredictable winds that can reach hurricane force, enormous waves, and strong currents. The convergence of these factors has led to countless shipwrecks over the centuries, earning Cape Horn the nickname “sailor’s graveyard.”
“Doubling the Horn” is traditionally understood to involve sailing from 50 degrees South on one coast to 50 degrees South on the other coast, the two benchmark latitudes of a Horn run,[19] a considerably more difficult and time-consuming endeavor having a minimum length of 930 miles (1,500 km).[20]