One only needs watch the Orion Films version of The Bounty to grasp the reality from which that expression comes from. Just to be clear, it is the depiction of their attempt at passing around the Horn. I've sailed with the breath of the roaring forties with the Southern Cross my beacon in the night sky.
If FLTT even comes close to being a storm, which I suspect that it will, the ride will be lots and lots of fun. IMO of course, not intended as investment advice. Everybody has to do their own duh duh. LOL