The next day Fay made landfall in Cape Romano, Florida while winds were at 65 mph.

The storm hit Cape Romano, and moved to the north.

It then tracked toward Florida, landing near Cape Romano.

Its center passed west of Key West and made landfall near Cape Romano.

Shortly thereafter, Wilma made landfall in Cape Romano, Florida with winds of 120 mph (190 km/h).

Cape Romano was the spot where Hurricane Wilma first reached land in the U.S. October 2005.

Other historians have argued the distances were too great to cover in the available time and the more likely location was Cape Romano or Cape Sable.

Again she took a prize singlehanded on 1 May, when she apprehended a sloop running the blockade off Cape Romano, Florida.

Cape Romano is where Hurricane Wilma made its first U.S. landfall in October 2005.

Despite increasing amounts of wind shear, the hurricane re-strengthened to hit Cape Romano, Florida as a major hurricane.