steel powerboats

hey, ya'll. Ted here, new member, from the pacific northwest. There
was a real neat bolger design called Abbondanza, a 24 ft. steel
diesel driven powerboat, with one of those sheer sided bolger hulls.
Up here,we have really obnoxious weather in the wintertime, and even
our "protected waters" get snotty. So, is this a real bad water boat,
or what. Let me know what you think, if anybody has any experience
with those things. Thanks. Ted