Oh I’ve been out in those 4 footers and then some in my SR as well, but it doesn’t mean I want to go out in those conditions.
Chesapeake Bay, not Lake Michigan. Those lakes get crazy, while the Bay gets rough, it won’t sink freighters.
I don't remember for sure when but those two pics I put up are the result of a big storm that hit the east coast some years ago. That's what the news at the time was saying about them. I don't think it was as far back as Sandy, since that I think.
I don't take my boat out in rough water. It called pleasure boating for a reason. It's not much pleasure get beat by the high waves.