Bill Nance is only the second known person to ever sail alone around the world via the three great capes from west to east, which he did between 1962 and 1965. The book, The Circumnavigators, says he was "...one of the boldest and most competent, but least known of the circumnavigators on the tiny 25-foot Cardinal Virtue". In this conversation, we mostly talk about that voyage, the adventures he had and the people he met, but we also cover how he ended up in Port Townsend and a little bit about what he has done since arriving here in 1979. This interview was recorded in April of 2023. I'm Jim Heumann. I conducted most of the interview, but Bill's wife, Marie Dressler, and my wife Karen Sullivan, were also in attendance and you will hear them from time to time as well. Here's the interview.