Damonent,
We''ve been cruising on our Liberty since 1996. Love it. Been caught in 60 knots on passage from Niue to Tonga and felt fine.
Autopilot even drove in those conditions until we hove to. We''d be glad to answer questions and also put you in voice contact with other liberty owners. Send an email to jeffcasher@hotmail.com and I''ll give you my real (spam free) email address...jpc