Around Cape Horn Once More is the story of the French Bounty Clipper
Ship, Montebello. She was built in Nantes, France in 1900 and was lost
on the rugged and lonely south coast of Kangaroo Island, South Australia
in 1906. This book is a tale of the adventures of the Montebello and the
men who sailed her around the globe. It brings to light a period of
France's maritime history that has never before been told in such
thrilling and dramatic detail. "we heard the roar of breakers, and then
we knew that we were close to the land, and there was still no visible
light. All hands turned out to put on canvas with a view to heading the
vessel off the shore, but we had received the warning too late and
within a few minutes we had struck on the fearful rocks. The ship
shivered all over with the shock. I shall never forget the sensation it
created. She bumped hard several times and threatened to go to pieces at
any moment. The seas broke over her from end to end."