Next message: Peter Ogilvie: "Re: [world-cruising] boat shopping"
On 4/8/07, mgd9121961 <> wrote:
>
> One thing that Ive been looking for is a keel stepped mast to the
> extent that I have refused to look at anything else.
>
> Am I being to picky? are there deck stepped boats out there that I
> should be looking at?
>
> I just got done looking at two listings that for the most part have
> everything else that we are looking for but have deck stepped masts.
>
> I just have this idea in my head that if you have a rigging problem
> in a blow with a deck stepped mast that it is comming down with
> little chance to be able to jury rig something to get to port.
>
> Are my fears justified?
Mike, the only person who needs to be justified is you. Anecdotal
information seems to suggest that rigging failure on a deck stepped mast
will usually result in the entire spar being lost, while a keel-stepped mast
usually leaves a stub that can support a jury rig. That said, the portion
of the keel-stepped mast that breaks free is usually a sharp dagger trying
to punch holes in your hull as rapidly as possible.
There's no perfect solution. There are world cruisers with deck-stepped
masts, just as there are daysailors with keel-stepped masts.
That said, there's also an extremely small chance you'll ever find yourself
in those conditions. How much effort do you want to spend preparing for
them? Only you know.
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Best,
Bryan Genez
"Capella" V40-158
New Bern, NC
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