30ft Catalina

[BigRuss]

I"m interested in buying a boat in the 30 ft range and looking at the Catalina"s. I think the mast on these boats are "deck stepped". Is a "keel stepped" a better rig?

[dkz]

There is a (generally favorable) review of the Catalina 30 in John Kretschmer''s new book "Used Boat Notebook" (which mentions
the deck-stepped mast issue).

dave.