Tried It and Came Back!

Well....we left at 3:15 pm yesterday to catch the ebb tide in the inlet. The winds were "predicted" at 10 (they were 22-25), seas were "predicted" to be 2-3 (they were 5-7 ft.). After fighting offshore 3 miles for almost 2 hrs., we made the decision to turn around. Neither one of us could have taken the abuse for 12 hours. I thought one wave was going to tear the anchors right off the front of the boat. We're leaving today and going down the waterway to Little River. One of the boats that came in here last night experienced exactly what we did from the Little River Inlet and they too, turned around and came down the waterway. Another captain told us that he has tried 3 times this week to get out and came back in. The winds have just been honking and the tides have been lower and higher than normal. More later...we're about to leave!