The chop in the inlet was worse to deal with just because of all the traffic in the harbor. None of the other boats in the club could handle it. The flying scot would have been swamped, and the little JY's would have been turned around by the surf. Once I was out in the ocean, I was feeling good, it was the inlet I was worried about honestly. I wasn't fearing for my personal safety as much as for my boat that I just spent a whole winter restoring and painting. I did have a personal VHF on me, and I was within sight of a Coast Guard station the whole time... (they were even in the inlet patrolling with their motor boat, they already went to the aid of a capsized sail boat)

Also, I'd like to point out that the conditions became this way only after I was on my way BACK out to the inlet. When I was out with my girlfriend, the wind was NOT blowing the same way it was when I was out by myself.