In my opinion, open bows are nice if you're on a lake just messing around with the kids but I would not have one in the salt as the weather can turn from mirror conditions to very nasty quicker than you'd think. Having an open bow is an invitation to shipping water faster than the pump can get rid of it.
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"I didn't care what she didn't 'low--I would boogie-woogie anyhow" John Lee Hooker