Plenty of drama ensured that each passage maintained it's reputation despite the fact that we avoided the biggest storms. We made it around capes again and again, just like so many other waypoints in the world. Then we did the big cape and changed direction. No matter where the cape is located, be it Cape Flattery, Point Conception, Cabo San Lucas or Diamond Head, capes are bookmarks in Tethys' log. Strategies, fears, weather and consequences fill our log pages in many women's handwriting.
Capes deserve attention, but they are points of hope as well as capes of fear.
When Nancy left Shilshole for each of her two circumnavigation's she passed Point No Point and Foul Weather Bluff, then tied up safely at Port Townsend. I wanted to be in good position to launch into the Pacific with favorable weather. After all, the only weather you can choose is on the day you leave. Tethys' and crew were in Victoria for two weeks as the season grew later. It was mid-October 1989.