Consider shipping the mast to Tonawanda, restep and sail from there. Sailboats without their mast up roll very fast and uncomfortably. In the canals, not such a problem but in open water, allow time to wait for calm conditions, which may be primarily motoring at night.... The mast adds inertia with a much slower roll than with the mast down. Think ice skater with arms extended spins slowly and speeds up with arms drawn in. Marilyn