Cape Caution is the most significant “gate” along the Inside Passage. It’s one of just two places a vessel transiting between Washington State and Southeast Alaska must venture out of protected water and into the exposed Pacific Ocean. Many lifelong Pacific Northwest cruisers first experience ocean swells on the trip around Cape Caution. Compared to the gates further south, like the Strait of Georgia, rounding Cape Caution is more challenging. … Continue reading Rounding Cape Caution