The focus of fears and goals to reach.
Capes are the summits of our sailing souls.
When I doubled The Cape, Africa's southern most point, with Nancy Erley and her Port Townsend built Orca 38, Tethys, I could breathe like I was on my way down from 18,000 feet. Every fiber in my body was happy. I could taste relief and it was sweet. Nancy's hair stopped turning gray. Tethys kicked up her 19-ton heels.