yea, sad to say i have bought on impulse before and then i'm like why did i do that i should have waited or done this or done that, the best indication i get from your post is that your a little unsure about your boat in rough weather, but i'll tell you something an old man told me once that is very true "in one minute of running, you'll run over more fish than you could catch in a lifetime", i remeber one time on wheeler lake i was coming from the back of a creek in my bass tracker and there were two men fishing in the flats in a brand new skeeter wrangler, they were amazed at the fish i had caught and all i could think about was that nice new boat they were in, and i thought to myself one of these days i'll have me one of those big fancy glass boats and fish like a pro, i have never caught fish in the newer boats i have owned like i did back then, primaraly because boats like that force you to fish, if i were you, put some tops out around the areas you'll be putting in at and fishing around, fish will come to them, be a little more selective about when and where you fish. but like goherd mentioned, i have fished out of a bunch of boats like in your avatar, one big plus, they'll go where the big boats won't

BTW, did you get a chance to fish any of the places i sent you the IM about....