All joking aside...I hope he doesn't poke his bow under the Gate in this. Way lesser weather has killed many sailors and sunk well founded cruising yachts just a few miles from where he's anchored. The Bay and the Patch and Bar are nothing to screw around with. I've seen barreling waves 5 miles out of the gate that you could drive a city bus through. If he leaves in these conditions, my vote is he doesn't make it to mile rocks.

854 PM PST WED FEB 13 2008

.SYNOPSIS FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST AND BAYS INCLUDING
MONTEREY BAY...GULF OF THE FARALLONES...AND CORDELL BANK NATIONAL
MARINE SANCTUARIES...
[color:"red"]
STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS [/color] WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT IN RESPONSE TO A
TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT CREATED BY HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST AND AN INVERTED TROUGH OVER THE CALIFORNIA COAST. WINDS
WILL DECREASE BY MID MORNING ON THURSDAY AS BOTH THE TROUGH AND
SURFACE HIGH WEAKENS.



POINT ARENA TO PIGEON POINT 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
854 PM PST WED FEB 13 2008


[color:"red"]...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST THURSDAY...[/color]

.TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 TO 35 KT WITH [color:"red"]GUSTS TO 40 KT...[/color]
DECREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT LATE TONIGHT.

[color:"red"]COMBINED SEAS 13 TO 17 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 15 SECONDS.[/color]
.THU...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 3 TO 5 FT.
W SWELL 10 TO 13 FT AT 14 SECONDS.
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.
W SWELL 8 TO 10 FT AT 14 SECONDS.