This is very good advice everybody, thank you for sharing. I recently got in over my head heading between islands in Baja, a crossing of about 20 miles. The forecast was for 5 knots, it was considerably more in reality. Aboard my new-to-me trawler, we were taking green water over the bow repeatedly. I don't know how big the waves were, or how far apart, I just know it was hairy, and that I don't want to do it again. When we reached the anchorage and settled in, I spoke with a nearby boat that had SSB radio, and so, better weather reports than we did. The gal aboard told me that there were winds of 25 knots, gusting to 30+! Quite different from my earlier forecast.
If I had the same conditions again, I would turn around and live to fight another day. BTW, the boat handled the waves and weather much better than I did!
Cheers, Bill
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