Boat brand aside,

Your choice to put out in the conditions you describe "so you didn't miss your
girlfriend's BBQ" is nothing short of astonishing.

This is an interesting tale only because you survived to tell it. Had you not,
your loss could hardly be blamed on the boat builder.

You describe taking a 16-foot boat into 8- foot seas on the verge of breaking.
That's not a cruise, it's a stunt. And not a very bright one.

"I watched helplessly as an eight foot wall of water was approaching our stern.
If this wave breaks the boat will probably sink."

If you get pooped by a breaking 8-footer in a 16-foot runabout built by
anybody, death is more likely than survival.


The specific problem with telling tales of this nature is that some poor
schmuck with a 16-foot Bayliner is going to voluntarily venture out in 8-foot
seas and think it's a fine, safe, smart thing to do because he read pn the
internet someplace that "guys do it all the time". :-(