ray, i think you may be a little spoiled with your 25 footer. i have a 16ft campion and iv been all over the sound and up it the strait with no problems, in all types of condtions. ya sometimes it gets a little rough but if you know what your doing its no big deal. personally 1-2 foot wind waves are nothing to me, and i don't consider myself a fool. i see a lot more 'fools' in the 20-28 foot range because they think nothing can ever go wrong when there in a boat that size, and 75% of them have no business in a boat that size in the first place. don't get me wrong, most weekend warriors should stick to trout fishing inland but some of us in the smaller boats do have a clue. now fog........ thats another story!