On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 13:50:47 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

That's the problem with you monster-size boaters...no guts, no glory!

I have a 24 ft I/O also, never have gotten it into trouble but it's
easy to spot the limits when you're on open water. I had plenty of
(mis) adventures with small boats when I was growing up on Lake
Ontario as a kid, lucky to be here.

After you've seen a few pictures of capsized Grady White 24s and the
like, you realize that 24/25 is none too big on some days. When we
were in the Abacos last month there were 3 or 4 straight days of 25 to
30 kt north easterlies coming in from open ocean. Surf in the inlets
was running close to 20 ft. **Nobody** was going outside, not even
the 55 ft Hatts.