I raced Drag Boats, running 242 in a 50' Offshore boat on a frog pond in a 6" chop isn't even comparable to what they see in the Ocean thus not making this eye-opening. Yes, there is potential for disaster as we saw at Lake Havasu trying to run offshore boats at ridiculous speeds.
a T/F Hydro runs 272 in a 1,000 ft and the boat is 20' long. Now that's something to think about.