Caleb, Thanks again for the info. I have a feeling that link might be a big help in connecting with other M33 owners to figure out how she sails and handles the heavy weather. And thanks so much for forwarding my inquiry down the
line. Very much appreciated! I thought I had heard a comment a while back that you can pretty much retrofit any boat to serve the needs of blue water sailing (within reason of course!) but I guess the question is how much ($ and time) it might set one back. I think that the thing I think of most is when all hell breaks loose in the form of one of those really nasty storms, would I come out alive with a boat that I could still sail? (ie from where ever I am in the large blue expanse to the nearest port so that I even have the opportunity to say to heck with it all - being too scared to continue!)
Thanks again,
Anders