Last Sunday afternoon as I left the relatively protected area at the harbor’s end, I noted fairly mild conditions with a slight breeze and short chop. Shortly afterwards, as I cleared the no-wake buoys, I noticed a fresh breeze at our backs and a building chop-nothing to be concerned with, but something to be aware of none-the-less. After cruising towards the islands for a short while, I pointed the boat in the opposite direction and was met with aggressive, sloppy chop/swell conditions which frequently lifted the heavy, deep-V powerboat almost completely out of the water, and caused drenching spray to [...]