Actually, I'm from Lexington.
However, I spent my summers and every vacation I got from school at either Harkers Island or Lands End.
I've never owned a true flats boat. I've got a little skiff at Lands End that's as close to a flats boat as I've ever owned.
It's 14'6" bow to stern and has an early 90s 30hp Evinrude on the back of her. It doesn't run fast enough to get you wet most days, but it gets the job done down there.
At Harkers Island, we always ran a little island skiff with a tiller handle. With enough gas, I'd run that boat in 6" marshes and 6 miles off Cape Lookout and not bat an eye. She weren't a speed demon either, though.
I fished with Capt. Tom on that Action Craft he's got one time. Nice boat... for what she's intended.
My real point was that a flats boat is NOT a family boat. Nor has there ever been one built for "rough" water. Even the least technical of the flats style are pretty technical rides.
Also, you're from Johnston. How do you even know how to read?
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