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From: Bryan Genez (no email)
Date: Fri Aug 20 2004 - 21:03:28 EDT
squidsrus85 wrote:
> As a retired engineer a mast stepped at the keel seems a better
> strength idea or is that just my "build it like a brick toilet"
> mentality?
There's probably no significant advantage of one method versus the other.
- In the case of a roll-over, you will most likely lose your mast. If the
mast is keel-stepped, it will break several feet above deck level, leaving
you a stub upon which to attach a jury-rigged sail. At the same time, you
will have a lot of clearing to do very quickly, as the upper portion will be
doing its best to rip a hole in your boat before you cut it away. A
deck-stepped mast will probably detach at deck level, leaving you without a
stub, and leaving you a bit less of a clearing problem. There are definite
exceptions to the above, so don't take it as gospel.
- A deck-stepped mast does not require a huge hole in the deck, through
which water can enter.
- A deck-stepped mast does require a compression post between deck and keel,
which can slowly deteriorate.
- Most interior decorators don't like keel-stepped masts! :)
Many extremely well-built cruising boats have deck-stepped masts; many other
extremely well-built cruising boats have keel-stepped masts.
You may choose the church in which to worship.
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