My 2 cents...Take the advice of many from this thread. If you're heckbent on getting a 14 foot aluminum, get the one you want but stay off the ocean.
I have a 14 foot Brunswick. Very stable for a 14 footer. I used to take it out on the ocean thinking that as long as I was careful, I would be okay. One day as I was coming back to camp I took a wave 3/4 from behind. The boat filled up almost to the gunwhales in a heartbeat. We managed to get to camp, albeit a little wet. The kicker were my passangers...my elderly uncle and my 6 year old son, who wouldn't have made it to shore as easily as I could have (regardless of life jackets, which everyone was wearing).
After we got home, I bought a Zodiac and have never looked back.
The aluminum is great for Alberta lakes.
The blowup is for the chuck.
Never shall the aluminum taste salt water again.
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