Sailboats designed for offshore use feature very small cockpits. The Commander on the other hand, being a daysailor is about 34% Cockpit.(9'/26') If a person takes a daysailor out in conditions that could end up with boarding seas, his flotation device choice might well be an inflatable doll.

You could have bouancy, companionship and would not have to listen to someone reminding you of the obvious.