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Is your boat anchored or tethered to a buoy? When it looks like the weather may get bad make sure there is a real long tether if to a buoy or alot of scope on the anchor. This happened a couple of years ago to a friends boat while we were in a salmon derby. I made sure I had a long tether to the buoy so it could ride out 4 -5 ft waves and it rode like a duck - my friend wasn't so fortunate as he wouldn' listen and had a short tether - his boat sunk as it jerked against the swells causing the transom to dip under. Also nothing beats a 5 gallon bucket if there is alot of water in the boat to get some of the water out until it can get stable.