As much as it might have sounded yesterday like the decision was made on whether or not to get around Cape Caution, Kay and I went back and forth about it for as long as all options were still on the table. We even added an intermediate option to stop at Walker Island Cove to get us around the cape but enjoy a shorter day. We were constantly updating our thinking as conditions and forecasts evolved.
The shorter day to Millbrook Cove on this side of the cape would be 25 miles. Continuing on around the cape to Blunden Harbor would add about 30 more. In the end Kay asked me to decide and I went with the shorter day. The Pine and Egg Island lighthouses were reporting zero vis and fog. The forecast was calling for the wind to pick up this afternoon and then settle down tonight, which should make for easier seas when we get up early to go around tomorrow morning. Listening to the wind generator humming away up on deck, I think we made the right decision. We probably would have been fine going today, but why not do it in more comfortable conditions?
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