 On rounding North Cape she encountered a full gale and failed to make the intended Houhora Harbour.After rounding North Cape, New Zealand, "Endeavour II" found it impossible to keep position in 40-knot easterly winds when fuel ran out, and she tried to anchor.Her anchors dragged and she was driven onto the bar of Parengarenga Harbour, a few miles south of North Cape, in the early hours of 22 February 1971.