[Gearyg]

In rough seas doing about 12-18 knots, I had quite a bit of waves come over the rail near the stern on the windward side. Yes, the water disappears pretty quickly, almost insataneously and besides it also washes the deck for me. Never the less, even with a little higher freeboard, I think the waves would have still made it over, in order to avoid that you would be talking about a much much bigger boat (except for possibly the Seaswirl Stripers, but they are $$$$$) I never had waves come over while on drift or anchor though.

On the positive side, it is alot easier to land fish the closer to the water you are, especially when you are solo.