I hear you there. I bought an S14 back in the 70's and with that flat bottom it was enough to un-focus your eyeballs in any kind of a chop. Tough boat though. I dropped mine on the highway and just shined up the skegs a little when it got to the end of the rope. Never forgot to tie it down after that episode.

My other auto is a .45

The bitterness of poor quality is remembered long after the sweetness of low price has faded from memory