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We have owned both keel stepped and deck stepped, and will never own a
keel stepped boat again. Water will find its way down that mast
regardless of what you do. Over time, it does become a leak problem.
Our current deck stepped boat is a totally dry interior boat.
That reason alone was enough to make us converts. Originally we felt
as you do.
Besides that, the cruising grounds you describe are basically island
hopping. Even a Hunter can do that safely as long as you watch the
weather before venturing from one island to the next.
Judy
S/V BeBe
Amel SM2 #387
Currently lying Iles des Saintes
--- In , "mgd9121961" <mgd1961 at dot dot dot > wrote:
>
> Good Day
>
> As we shop near and far for just the right boat for a projected jump
> off date of the fall of 2008, with the intention to do the East Coast
> ICW, Florida Keys, the Islands and possibly mexico and Central
> America I find lots of boats that seem up to the task.
>
> 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 D.
>
