All at sixes and sevens... or should that be 3's, 4's or 5's?

We were all set to go this morning, Martyn was clunking around at 7am, even though we didn't plan to lock out until 9am! We did one final check on the weather forecast and then spent the next hour and a half debating whether or not we should go, right up until it was too late! We follow two forecasts, one Accu-weather.com and the Met office. Accu-weather predicts force 2-3 winds - no problem. The Met office predicts 3 or 4 occasionally 5. Sea state: smooth, slight or moderate. Weather: fair, rain or showers, with visibility moderate or good!! Guess they are covering for all possibilities, the problem is we are only insured to force 4, so even the mention of a 5 puts us in a bad situation should we have any problems. That was the deciding factor. So we sit here now with blue sky above, it was raining when we got up, and not the slightest hint of a breeze......we should of gone..... or should we? The worst thing is that the weather for the rest of the week is terrible so who knows when we will finally begin our adventure?

We always said we would not do the first leg of the trip in anything more than a force 3, so we have probably made the right decision. It's a horrible feeling though not to have gone when, chances are we would have been ok. You can't gamble with the sea and it's a long way round to Wells without anywhere to stop in between. Literally everything we own is now on this boat and we have to make decisions based on safety first. Yes, still trying to convince myself we made the right decision....