Performance Boat Shop - When you're cruising against the wind with your power boat, do the waves represent an extra resistance?

When you're cruising against the wind with your power boat, do the waves represent an extra resistance?

I live near a very windy and gusty harbour, and I want to build my own commuter boat to go to work with. The winds here are often blowing at about 30-50mph. I imagine that it will be a good idea to have a very aerodynamic, low upper body for my boat to ensure I don't get blown backwards while going forward at full speed. But I wonder, too if the waves that are being blown over the surface and are coming straight at me when going against the wind represent an extra resistance for which I would have to make some clever allowances. Does anybody know? Thanks very much.

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Personally, I wouldn't want to be out on a home made boat in 50 MPH winds!
i would try posting this in the physics section...and even then, man...scary to think you're risking your life on yahoo answerers! lol, putting us down, i know...but who knows what people will say just to score some points! good luck, and i don't blame you with the cost of gas anymore!
Of course the waves will add extra resistance. For every action there's an equal and oppisite re-action. The waves will cause huge resistence. You shouldn't go out on water if the winds are blowning so strong, if you hit a wave wrong the boat will flip. Is the traffic that bad????
The dynamic energy the mass of the wave has is 1/2mv^2 if this energy hits the boat it will deliver most of it to the boat. Watch out!