Good advice from coho ... fishing with a bud. Although they are more mobile than a drifter, they have some limitations by being smaller. 'Toons will stall out on some big rollers and flip ass over teakettle on you if you don't know what it can handle.

Play it safe, and maybe this summer when it's warm, stip it of (expensive) gear (perhaps put some rocks in bags and such so it will be loaded like you're using it) and get a good life jacket on and go hit some rougher water to see what it can handle. It was something I did with mine and was glad I did!