[Tropiccafe]

We are retired and looking for a good livaboard cruising boat for the US East Coast as well as trips to the Caribbean. We are most intrested in a new or newer boat with some space and strong enough for times when out at sea. Been looking at many boats and come to find they are just out of our price range. Production boats as the Hunter etc. are more in our price range but we are somewhat skeptical as to the thing loosing it's spar or worse due to a unkindly sea.
There is a Hunter 41 DS that we were considering...but it does not have a backstay at all....CRASH?
Can anyone add their thoughts?
Ed