Wet stringer foam question

[oldbluesplayer]

Trident & Big - I don't so much underestimate my Seafari, as I do me -

Last summer I went over to Martha's Vineyard for a couple days, a couple of beautiful days, and fished with my son and my brother on his 23' SeaBird - life was good !!

Sunday morning we set out to come back, life was not so good - so I had the opportunity to push the 20' Seafari thru close coupled 5-8's, stuffing my bow plenty of times, driving that boat over each and every wave, one hand on the wheel, one hand on the throttle - get to the crest, and go forward or drop back off - it had a nasty little cross swell going on, too - I had green water come right up over the foredeck, and up over the windshield several times - and I was running with plugs in the scuppers - adding to the nervousness - I did pause long enough somewhere to pull those out -

I've also learned about running the mouth of the Merrimack, that's a whole nother fun game, with it's frequent standing waves on the outgoing tide/ incoming swell

believe me, after that, 10 ft rollers would be easy - like the stuff commonly seen south of MV on a good day

Bottom Line - the 20' Seafari is a Little Giant - I know what IT can do, just not sure sure how often I want to go there !!!

Bill