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Sailors circumnavigating the world, such as Kay Cottee and Gerry Hughes, have used these five southernmost capes as goals on their route. Cottee was the first female sailor to sail single-handed, non-stop below the five southernmost capes, completing the task during her 1987–88 journey.
Hughes became the world's first profoundly deaf yachtsman to sail single handed around the world, passing the five southernmost capes during his 2012–13 journey.