There is a really big difference between these two vessels. How can you be sure the Mutiny's rigging is not the same age? The Carter hull design is from the IOR period and is a 3/4 tonner. The centre cockpit is just the cruising version of the 3/4 tonner. Nice boats but probably at the larger size I would consider. The Mutiny was built as a club cruiser/racer and sold as a kit or fully built production boat. Like most Cole designed boats they are pretty good but not always fast[in the smaller sized production boats]. I would prefer a Nantucket or an East Coat 31 personally. Out of the two choices I would take the Carter 33 but in the rear cockpit version, but that's just me. Carter 33's were very successful racers world wide. I would not let the rigging age worry me too much.

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keithw said...
if it is the carter passage up for sale at Balmain (DBY sales) then there is more issues than just the rigging age.

Nah, ya gotta be wrong Keith. In the blurb on DBY's wep page it definitely stated that the boat is ready to race or cruise. A use boat dealer wouldn't blatantly lie like that ....... would he?