It depends
Hi all,
In addition to lightly-built masts, you might also see some where internal corrosion has eaten away at the tenon structure inside the mast, or where it was never strong enough, owing to poor construction. Either case would leave a deck-stepped mast vulnerable to shear loads. And even the best-made, best-condition deck-stepped mast won't be as strong, in this application, as a keel-stepped mast, where nearly all the shear load will be applied to the partners, not the step.
Fair leads,
Brion Toss
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