Aww.. come on! A 20 foot boat out in Lake Erie only in nice conditions?
If you overnight in it you might as well take it out in a little bit of
weather 'cause you and I both know on Lake Erie you going to hit it
anyway!

Egging a guy out into conditions beyond the capabilities of his boat is not the
mark of a serious mariner.

Might as well check the VHF marine weather forecast, as well as current
conditions. Might as well pay careful attention to reports from monitoring
stations in the weather quarter. Might as well consult a barometer and see if
it's rising or falling at your specific location.
The weather doesn't give a rip snort how tough you or I think we might be, or
pay much attention to the marketing claims of one builder vs. another.

Light displacement, low freeboard, shallow draft boats with flat transoms (not
to mention open foredecks, no bow flare, etc) are fair weather playthings. Just
because you can take one out in ridiculous conditions and avoid death, (a
percentage of the time), doesn't make the practice advisable.

It's one thing to get caught out in the snot and have to work your way to
shelter. It's another thing entirely to put out in a small boat into the teeth
of a big wind.