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Originally Posted by Jeff_H
You have a unique ability to find poorly built, poor sailing, swashbuckling looking vessels; long on notalgia, short on being a good boat. You need a broker who will aim you at decent boats.
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This may seem harsh words today, but you'll buy this man a virtual beer one day for his wise words. While not uniformly bad (the Tayana 37 was OK if lumpy), a lot of the 1970s-80s Asian-built boats would have been better used as teak lawn furniture.
If you really like old school "character" boats, go for a Camper-Nicholson or a Morgan Out Island 41. They aren't terrible. If you want something woody, probably beat-up, sluggish but near indestructible, may I recommend the Westsail 32 or the Contessa 26.
Strangely, I was talking to a surveyour today, and we both agreed that Westsail 42s and Contessa 32s are better boats with worse reputations. Boating is a fickle pursuit.