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Thats good input, thanks. There are no lakes or inshore bays here. Just inner-reef, then reef, then deep blue sea on one side and theres always a swell running, and usually some cross wind chop. Other side of the islands is the huge Caicos Bank, which doesnt let a swell develop but man does it get choppy. With the tradewinds, its always a choice here between ocean swells with some wind chop in the lee, or shallow banks with lots of slapping chop.

If it were up to me, I would get a 22 ft. Panga! But hey, Boston Whaler aint a bad option either.

How would your Dauntless handle in say, a three-five foot swell with a foot of chop on top? Its really a trade-off down here, good offshore fishing in most conditions vs. the ability to run fast and shallow to have an alternate route from island to island.