Many times, it is the "coming in" that does you in. Boats handle following seas much differently than opposing.
There is simply no way to navigate yourself thru those seas in that boat safely. The best way to captain yourself thru it is to not go at all.
Aviation has the same guiding principle: 'It's better to be down here and wishing you were up there than it is to be up there and wishing you were down here'.