[boatpoker]

For smaller boats I don't object too much to leaving the stick up but anything over 34' or so and I am dead against it. If you have ever been in a 36' boat when its in a cradle with the mast up and the wind howling at 40knots you would never leave your mast up again. The noise of the bulkheads ratcheting and the boat twisting can be deafening. You simply cannot produce all that noise without damage over time.