Well, I hadn't looked forward to Friday/Saturday... While the 30 knot gusts aren't really the problem... if given a choice, I'd avoid the 40+ winds on the nose combined with 17' seas. One thing I like about Buoyweather is that they also show the predicted periods/intervals. Like for right now, the prediction is 6' wind waves at 6-seconds, going to 5/5 this afternoon. I really don't like hobbyhorsing for hours. But Friday and the weekend sounds like a time to stay in port and visit one of the towns along the way. We'd usually wait 24-hours after things calmed down (to let the seas calm a bit) before heading out.
The 'links' page on our website:
Untitled Page has links to several weather/sea state/buoy sites that we have used to give both predicitons and actual up-to-the-minute conditions.
Have a safe trip up to the PNW.
Steve