Rain is welcome; wind, on the other hand ...

I am NOT a sailor.

Even as a child, living on an island off the SA coast, I preferred to miss out on treats like day trips to the Pearsons Islands rather than endure sea sickness the entire time.

Getting to Kangaroo Island entails a ferry trip across the strip of water separating Cape Jervois and Pennneshaw.
The current weather is a worry.

From http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDS20210.txt

Ocean Wind Warning for today
"IDS20210
SECURITE

HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10
ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY, ADELAIDE
AT 0551UTC 20 JANUARY 2007.

STORM WIND WARNING FOR SOUTH EASTERN AREA

SITUATION AT UTC
Low 990 hpa near 38S134E by UTC and forecast near 39S138E by UTC, 39S140E by UTC and 40S142E by UTC.

AREA AFFECTED
Area bounded by 36S129E 34S135E 36S140E 38S141E 44S141E 42S129E 36S129E.

FORECAST
Clockwise winds strengthening to 30/40 knots around low and increasing further to 40/55 knots within 250 nautical miles of low centre in west and northwest sectors until 201800UTC.

Rough to very rough seas rising to high N and W of low. Heavy swell.


WEATHER ADELAIDE"

And for tomorrow; "Southwest winds and showers will gradually ease during Sunday as an intense low south of Mount Gambier moves away and a high forms over the Bight. "