On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 06:34:25 -0400, HK wrote:

How about if you broach
and take a few tons of water over the side, or if you suffer a
knockdown? Got enough flotation built into that boat to keep it floating
level and safe until help arrives?

It depends. :-)

After watching those Alaskan fishing boats capsize in big seas I think
it's safe to say that no boat is without risk in extreme conditions.

Don't take my comments personally, not intended that way. Accidental
(and abrupt) sinking is a proven issue on boats with low transom
freeboard and no splash boards however. There are lots of ways for a
boat to accidently end up stern-to with a breaking wave, and the wave
doesn't have to be all that big with 12 inches of freeboard.