My name is showing up entirely too much on this forum for which I apologize. Having said that I'm very curious to know if any Northwest sailors have any experience of passing inside Tatoosh Is. I have done it once in settled conditions and it cut hours and hours off the trip south but I've never had it explained to me whether it should be treated like a bar crossing (which is certainly is) nor do I know which wind direction and speed is safe. We favoured the island side of the passage and went thru' a series of reasonably sized standing waves. I'm hoping Paul Elliot or someone with local knowledge might respond.