The Entrance to the Port
of Honfleur Painting by Claude Monet
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The whole of February was spent in braving the storms. The waves went
on causing damage to the boat and Francis had to spend all his time repairing
it. Before starting on the voyage,Francis Chechester had planned to go
round the Cape of Good Hope on the onward journey to Australia and to
go round Cape Horn while returning. In the month of March, as soon as
he started going round Cape Horn, a great storm arose and filled the cockpit
with water five times. While emptying the water, Chechester’s shoes
were filled with it and he felt he had never felt so cold before. The
velocity of wind was 60 knots per hour and the self-steering device stopped
functioning
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