These things I know:
Seat time will cure all as far as this goes.
There is a right speed for every wave. You see guys going too fast and they are the ones wet and/or broke when you get back. They get back before you but at what price? Too slow can get you also. Nothing worse than drifting into a big one. Cool looking for a second or two but it usually breaks stuff and even in August, it is miserable being soaking wet. This is where guys sink boats. Stick one, boat won’t get on plane due to the weight, another big one kills the outboard. Dead meat.
If you haven’t speared a wave then you have been lucky or smart enough to stay home when it blows. If you fish tournaments and invest time and money, you will get caught in some bad stuff.
Following seas are the worst. If they are bad enough, make it so they aren’t following. Run the troughs and quarter them so it is like riding up and down a hill but not at a 90 degree angle to them. Zigzag your way from point A to B. It doesn’t end up taking any more time overall by doing this and not having to stop to let bilge pumps empty a whole 6 footer out of the boat.
Running straight with following waves of the size you are talking is just waiting for stuffage.
