Hey believe me you did good, lt happens to all of us. I hate inlets and we have some really nasty ones down here in north carolina.. A friend of mine lost power on a following sea , caught a rogue wave sideways at oregon inlet and pitch poled a nice little 20 Robalo with a new Merc opti on it. The coasties were on the job and pulled him and his dad out..they were very lucky . You did the right thing and probably had a frosty or two later once you calmed down and thought about what could of happend..The more you boat the more you up the odds ..My trim motor went out last week on my 17 Mako just as I came off a shoal headed to my duck blind in the dark so I had to run 3 miles with the motor tilted up just high enough to make headway. It was too rough to hold a screwdriver on the manual override to let it down so I rode it out . Sea Ducks everwhere even splashing in behind the prop wash..went out yesterday and never saw a duck...Frank