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Hallberg-Rassy, 31 - 64 SWE Well built, comfortable, good tankage and systems integration. Newer Frers designs faster than earlier Enderlien models. Watch for teak deck issues on older models. Halmatic 30 * ENG Similar to Nicholson 31. Watch for blisters. Hinkley 30‑64 * USA Attractive, highest quality, and expensive. Hold their value well. Modest tankage & storage. Hood 38 * FRA Wauquiez built, Hood design, strong, fast, & attractive but short on tankage. Centerboard rattles downwind. Solid choice. Hylas 46,49, 54, 54 raised Saloon, 56, 70 TAI Frers & S & S designs. Good sailing qualities, tankage & storage. High quality on later Jachney-era models. Island Packet 32, 35, 350, 37,38, 380, 40, 420, 44, 45 USA Good value, exc. company. Roomy & comfortable with good tankage & storage but some odd features. Continually improving J/42; J/44, J/46, J/160 USA Fast downwind, pound upwind. Minimal tankage and storage. Several have lost keels and rudders. Questionable… Jason 35 from Miller Marine * USA Many owner‑completed. Several have cruised extensively. Jongert 50, 55, 60, 67, 73 HOL Heavy, expensive, extremely well‑built steel and aluminum yachts, highest quality. Not going to win any races, though! Justine 36 * USA Gorgeous Paine design, Morris built cruiser. Rare. Kaiser Gale Force 34 * USA Well designed and built, good sailing qualities. Kaiulani 34, 38 * USA Lovely steel Brewer & Yohe designs. Very limited production. Kanter 42, 45, 60, 65 CAN Steel & aluminum boats, semi‑custom. Highest quality. Chuck Paine & Ted Brewer designs. LM 27, 28, 290, 30, 315, 32, 380 DEN Some have inside steering. Well‑built and impressive. Little Harbor 42 ‑ 90 * TAI & USA Hood designed heavy displacement, semi‑custom, hi maint. Expensive and solid as a rock, but strange pinched sterns. Luders 33, DOVE * USA Older, well built by Allied. Modest interior volume Malo 36, 38, 39, 45 * SWE High quality offshore boats with good sailing performance. Attractive, reasonably priced. Mariah 31 * USA At least one circumnavigation. Pacific Seacraft built. Mason 33, 43, 44, 53, 54, 63 * TAI Quality Ta-Shing boats, but short waterlines and high maint. Moody 38, 42, 47, 54, 64 * GBR Good designs of only modest quality. Compare to Catalina. Morgan 382, 383, 384 * USA Ted Brewer design for around $45-55K. Some problems … Morris 26, 28, 30, 32, 34,36, 42, 44, 45, 454, 46, 48.6, 52 USA Chuck Paine designs, superb quality, highest quality US yard building cruising boats. Semi-custom and expensive. Mystic 57, 60 * GBR Dubois design, Bowman built, beautiful. Mystery 35, 43 GBR Top quality, fast and attractive. Good choice! Najad 330, 361, 370, 390, 420, 490, 520 * SWE Quality, attractive boats. Excellent sailing performance. Good tankage, storage and high level of craftsmanship. Nauti‑Cat Motorsailers 35,40,43, 53 FIN Later S & S designed models are much better performers than earlier tubby models. Newer boats are very high quality. Niagara 31, 35, 42 * CAN Well‑built & roomy. Good value, but watch for soggy deck cores. Nimbus 42, by Albin Marine * TAI Kaufman & Ladd seaworthy, roomy design, Taiwan problems. Nordic 34,40,44,45 * USA Attractive boats, some solvable problems with mast step deflection on the 40 & 44. Norseman 400,447 * TAI Strong, fast, and attractive. Have held their value well. Rusty fuel tanks an expensive repair issue. North Wind 43,50, 58 SPA S&S designs, fairly good construction quality. Very few in NA. Ocean 60, 71 * GBR Powerful boats, many have had blister problems and old now Ocean Cruising 42 * USA Only a few built by Hank Hinkley. Classy, top quality. Orion 27 * USA Offshore capable. Pacific Seacraft built. Outbound 42, 44, 52 CHI Attractive, fast, well-built boats with great customer service. Ovni 35, 395, 445, 495, 58 FRA Sturdy, low maintenance excellent aluminum, lifting keels Oyster 42, 45, 485,49,53, 55, 56 61, 62, 63, 66, 70, 82, 100 GBR NZL Attractive, expensive and first class. Weak resale value on larger models make this an excellent, though expensive choice. Pacific Seacraft 34, 37, 40, 44 * USA Well built boats, good resale. Graceful overhangs, short W/L. Pearson 35, 365, 422, 424, 520 * USA Moderate construction quality, but quite a good value. Passport 41, 415, 435, 44, 456, 470, 50 TAI CHI Modern Perry cruising design. Good storage/tankage, soggy wooden deck cores common on older models. Pretorien 35 * FRA Strong, fast & attractive, built by Wauquiez. Great value. Modest tankage, some have saildrives, a negative. Regina of Vindo, 38, 43, 49 SWE Gorgeous, exquisitely built, highest quality deck saloon. In a class of their own for quality and design. Rival 36‑41, Rival Bowman 42 * ENG Strong, good-looking and sailing boats. Rustler 36, 42 ENG Totally impressive, quality boats and company. Sabre 34, 362,38, 402, 42, 402, 425, 452 USA Built in Maine , modest quality, limited tankage and storage, but very pretty. Doctor’s boats for New England . Sadler 34 * GBR Unsinkable, fast, great performance. Good choice. Saga 43 * CAN Modern, fast, roomy and proven Perry design but a bit narrow and tender w/ some rudder and mast step structural problems. Santa Cruz 52 USA Strong, fast is fun, but pounds upwind! Saturna 33 * CAN Attractive, Bill Garden designed pilothouse cutter. Scanmar 33, 345, 35 & 40 * SWE Limited production but good design & quality construction. Sceptre 41, 43 * CAN Modern quality pilothouse with good sailing performance. Seawind 30, Seawind II 32’ * USA Solid boats, good value, built by Allied Yachts, NY. Seguin 44, 51 by Lyman-Morse USA S & S & Hood design, highest quality, fast. Semi‑custom. Shannon 32, 36, 39, 43, 47, 53. USA Good reliable boats. Hold their value well. A few issues… Skye 51 * TAI Similar looking to Swans. Soggy deck problems common. Southerly 32-67 ENG Quality built, very attractive and innovative swing-keel yachts. Southern Cross 28, 31, 35, 39 * USA Good boats. Fairly well built. Spencer 35, 42, 44, 54 * CAN Older, solid boats, built in Vancouver , B.C. Fairly dated now. Stellar 52 * TAI Total quality S&S design, well built, great detail work. Sunbeam 32, 34, 37, 38, 40 * SWI Not bad! Sundeer 56, 64 * USA Innovative design & excellent offwind performance. Good systems layout. Some need extensive refits. Built by TPI.
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