Pleasureboat calls in while I'm on midwatch RCC duty at Tillamook Bay Oregon. I'm asked " hows the weather looking outside your window? I want to enter the bay. " I reply " dark and wet, it's 2A.M." Pause, "Uh, could you step outside and look?" I again reply " I don't have to, theres rain on my window." Pause, " Do you know who this is?" I reply, " your somebody on one of the most dangerous bodies of water who doesn't know enough to tune in the National Weather or Marine Channel and consult your charts." Pause, " This is Ensign Robinson, United States Navy on 30 days leave." I reply, " this is Surfman Kavanaugh, United States Coast Guard, also going on leave at 0800. Advise holding off until 0805 when our tower lookout can observe you capsize, Bar is currently breaking @ 12' with observed rogues hitting 20' Tillamook Bay Lifeboat Station out." Our senior cosxwain, allready awake and drinking coffee mumbled for me to go ahead and wake the duty lifeboat crew. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />