Last summer, my dad and uncle took the v20 out for some trout fishing at rigs in Breton Sound (Louisiana). They were caught in a horrible thunderstorm on the way in. The waves were up to EIGHT feet!. They could not get to a rig for protection because they had to go with the waves completely in the wrong direction to get home. My dad said that the wellcraft would have sunk if the Johnson would have quit. My uncle fell out of the chair while my dad had trouble holding on to the steering wheel. He said that all he could do was keep the boat in forward enough to ride the swells. I hope that never happens to me.