[JohnB]

My boat will testify to some standing 6 footers out in the gulf stream. We call them angry elephants, and your ride on their backs. A rogue wave hit us 25 miles out, and went OVER the top. I have had a few run-ins with Sebastian inlet that resulted in water over the windshield. Been caught in several nasty nighttime storms snapper fishing before I finally got radar. You can't run them wide open, but you can make a good 15-20 mph in some serious conditions. The only bad habit mine has, is in certain following seas, coming over Canaveral Bight, when the swells in the winter start to stack up, it feels like it would like to pitch pole to the side, but it never does. I think most deep V nosed boats do that. Since I put the 4 blade prop on, with the big 250, I can power my way through most of it without breaking the prop loose. With the 3 blade, it would blow out sometimes. It will be interesting to see how it does with the bracket.