in mast reefing.- is it a problem

[Roberto]

, but generally speaking once people have owned in mast (often after years of slab) they would not go back.

Sorry, this appears to be your own personal certainty about certainties of people you know absolutely nothing about.
I am not speaking on behalf of others, just counting mast equipments.

 

[Tranona]

Sorry, this appears to be your own personal certainty about certainties of people you know absolutely nothing about.
I am not speaking on behalf of others, just counting mast equipments.

No, not my "certainty" but a reflection of the many people I have spoken to pesonally and the many who have posted here over the years saying much the same.

As for counting masts, what you see is also what you don't see and in an anchorage for example in the Greek islands you might see much the opposite to what you see where you are.