Having been on blue water when heavy seas were threatening to kill me, believe me when I tell you that no boat will seem big enough under those circumstances.
I was aboard an aircraft carrier in the pacific ocean during a typhoon. We were just sailing around the edges of it and still taking green water 65' down the deck past the bow. I can attest that the feeling is just the same as being on a 24' sailboat in a squall with 10' waves on Chesapeake Bay.
