TJ, I hate to tell ya this but on the Chesapeake in those ol Northwest winds those ARE little skiffs. You can be out there in the most beautiful weather one minute and then ya see it coming. When I set up my first fishing sea duck boat I bought a Key West 17 1/2 footer. Put a 90 on that boat. It'll do 50 in fair weather.40 in rough and you still stay pretty dry. The 90 was so I could get back in a hurry if needed. I needed it a few times too.Hunted ducks on the Chesapeake one day with a 20 ft bay built skiff and almost got killed going 300 yds back to shore. That 300 yds took almost 40 minutes in that 40 mile an hour wind. BTW we left the decoys. It came up that quick. The blind we were hunting in(called a booby blind) was six ft higher than high tide and waves were hitting the bottom when we left(low tide BTW). It was gone by the time we got to shore. I understand the great lakes can get like that too. We sometimes do stupid things for a little ol duck or goose...or deer for that matter. Seriously be careful out there.
