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Old 02-28-2014, 12:41 AM   #16
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My answer would be the same as one above. The very fact you asked says to me "don't go." When in doubt, don't. You know your skills and experience and confidence better than us and you question them in these conditions. There is a small craft advisory for Port Townsend from 4 pm Friday through Saturday afternoon. Conditions are supposed to worsen late tomorrow. Now Sunday is supposed to be nice.

You also left out what is often the most important piece of the forecast, more than the wind or wave height and that is the period. First, the 2 to 4 is expected to grow to 3 to 5 late tomorrow so could even go 4 to 6. Now 5 with a period of 8 would be one thing but if it's 5 with a period of 5 then that is significantly worse.

Also familiarity with the area. If I was home in Fort Lauderdale and heading to Miami and that was the forecast, I might go. But if it was Port Townsend which I don't have experience with, I'd stay in. And that's with experience.
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