976 WHUS71 KCAR 121129 MWWCAR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 629 AM EST TUE DEC 12 2017 ANZ050>052-121930- /O.CON.KCAR.GL.W.0035.171212T2000Z-171213T0500Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM EASTPORT, ME TO SCHOODIC POINT, ME OUT 25 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SCHOODIC POINT, ME TO STONINGTON, ME OUT 25 NM- INTRA COASTAL WATERS FROM SCHOODIC POINT, ME TO STONINGTON, ME- 629 AM EST TUE DEC 12 2017 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * WIND AND SEAS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FEET ON THE COASTAL WATERS AND 4 TO 7 FEET ON THE INTRA COASTAL WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ CB