>H-14's are a little small in the rough conditions.<

I once thought like this too.
One day three H16 and three H14 were sailing in PR, and a squall came thru. The 3 H16 had the more experienced skippers (I was one of them). We were all feathering the boats into the wind. All H16's were blown over and all the H14's stayed upright with the less experienced skippers.

I enjoyed surfing the H14 more than than the H16 down a wave at the barrier reef because it was more maneuverable, but that is a 'Coke or Pepsi'thing.