Near Cape Mendocino

Excerpt from Mike Higgins’ kayak journal:

Humboldt County, Humboldt Bay to Cape Mendocino, August 13th, 2000.
[ ... ] The wind continued to impair control of the boat unless I paddled straight away from it. So I went far out to set myself up for a straight shot downwind behind Sugarloaf Island off Cape Mendocino. [...]