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While Jeff and I have disagreed over a few things here...I stand with him on this one. The OI's are fine liveaboard boats and work great in Carib trade wind sailing but they are not built or designed to be bluewater boats. All kinds of boats have made blue water passages...that does not mean they are bluewater boats. While the stability #'s are light, I would focus more on construction variability and quality.
You could happily and safely motor & sail all the way down the East Coast and through the Bahamas into the Carib on this boat...but I wouldn't take her down "route 66" unless I was feeling "lucky"!
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