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OK, Now we're talking apples and apples. 
In Response To: I find stepping/unstepping to be tedious and costly, not stressful.. 
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() I just couldn't get my head around pulling the mast in under an hour. I kept telling myself that these guys must really have it down cold. The way I was reading it, that included most of the prep work. My wife is sitting here shaking her head in wonderment. All that work for a three or four month sailing season just doesn't compute with her. I told her the upside is that you guys get to tent the boat, fire up a heater and have a 8 month winter project to work on when ever you want. She still didn't get it but most women not from back there wouldn't get it either so you can't hold that against her. I get it. Mostly 
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- Dismasting of the Galapagos
- A harrowing story, and a good advertisement for free standing rigs...
- Checking out their blog, it's not the first time they had a rigging issue
- That was a good find. It's about
- I don't drop the mast anymore. Pain in the ass and often damaged something in the process.
- I always figured it was kind of
- different school of thought
- Piece of cake, here. It's all what you're used to.
- Yup, stepping and unstepping are simple and stress free..
- I left a couple of things out
- You guys have to have fairly simple
- I will stop complaining
- I find stepping/unstepping to be tedious and costly, not stressful..
- OK, Now we're talking apples and apples.
- When you do it every year you get it down to a simple process...
- Not quite as easy on a larger, more complex boat...
- Well, part of the difference jumps out
- Every ten years whether it needs it or not...
- Not quite as easy on a larger, more complex boat...
- OK, Now we're talking apples and apples.
- Simple, as in stock yawl rig, I guess.
- You guys have to have fairly simple
- I left a couple of things out
- Yup, stepping and unstepping are simple and stress free..
- Piece of cake, here. It's all what you're used to.
- different school of thought
- I always figured it was kind of
- I don't drop the mast anymore. Pain in the ass and often damaged something in the process.
- And sometimes it's just plain luck. Here's Tehani's broken mast head
- That was a good find. It's about
- A harrowing story, and a good advertisement for free standing rigs...
