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Do you have in-mast mainsail furling on your boat and how do you rate it?
Many thanks to all readers who took the time to gill out last week’s survey on buying a new or brokerage cruising boat. Of those who answered 18% say they will be int he market for a cruising boat in the next year. 81% will be buying a brokerage boat while 19% will buy a new boat. Regarding length of a new boat: 20% in the 46 to 50 range; 33% in the 41 to 45 range; 31% in the 36 to 40 range; and. 16% in the 31 to 35 range.