Well hello there Frank!
Its good to hear from a fellow Attalia owner.
There are a number of Attalias (for sale and on the Jeanneau website) but very few owners talk about their boat. Here is a review article from a few years back. quite positive.
http://www.sailingmagazine.net/UBN_1002.html
I don't know about you but I really like the Attalia, especially given her age. These days her design, layout etc are commonplace but were not in the 80s (OK as she is my first boat with a cabin so I have no ownership experience with other boats) but "she delivers".
She is on the hard now, while I'm away for a few years, but I still make plans, do research, wanting to improve performance and comfort.
As examples, I'm looking into more efficient
lighting (replacing with LEDs), improving the electrical setup, looking at adding hot water, changing the (original) Genoa, etc.
I hope to sail her down to the Caribbean at some point although I have to temper my enthusiasm with lack of open water experience. Lake Ontario is big but...
-Mark