I can't say never go out like that in a 14' boat as I went 10 miles off shore from Gulfport, MS to the barrier islands on a regular basis with a 13' Taylor Craft, mono hull and 22 hp Scott Atwater engine. Couple of things to note were that the boat had a good Flare to the bow meaning that when the bow went into a wave it had something to push against the water and keep the bow above the wave, and it had a fore deck and windshield which, when I hit that inevitable rogue wave (on the windy return trip....wind directly behind me) and some of it came over the bow, the windshield kept it out of the boat....a seldom occurrence.
Second the trip was directly into or away from the prevailing wind. Going out in the mornings, the wind was usually low and ground swells were long and small. The little 22 was well suited for the trip. Once on the leeward side of the island, wind and waves were blocked. On the return trip in the afternoon, the swells were quite large and I had to ride wave to wave with the boat on one crest just to dive into the trough preceding the next one .....but the flared bow made that a nice, soft, dry, ride.
I had 2 trihulls back in the early 70's and they were noted for their stability, volume efficiency, and dry ride. One was light and semi-v more or less type and the other was heavy and deep V type, 16 and 18'. I would not have taken either out where I took the 13' .
