Just an fyi... The Eastern hull is a completely different animal than a V-hull or a pontoon. The Eastern has a flat bottom semi displacement hull that takes some getting used to. Once you do it works quite well on Winni.
What I did wrong when I first had mine was trying to trim the motor up...There is no sense trimming a flat bottom boat up just to allow waves to crash into it, instead keep the nose right down and let that semi displacement hull do it's job...and it does it quite well!
Winni's wave action is completely different than the ocean. Winni gets what I like to call a "machine gun chop". One small wave right after the other crashing against your hull. It can be quite annoying actually!
Unlike the ocean which gets huge rollers you never really see that quick chop unless your at the mouth of the Merrimack or similar.
Dave R is quite correct when he says the Eastern is not a boat for entertaining. The Eastern is a first class island boat that as Dave says is an all weather workhorse. I love mine and would never sell it. For entertaining and cruising I always used the tri-toon.
FWIW
Dan