[CandJMassey]

I read a Thread that was last responded to in 2001, so I thought it may be a little outdated. We are in the planning stages of purchasing our first boat and need some advice. What determines whether or not a boat is a Coastal Cruiser or a Blue water Cruiser? Can you list a few of the different manufacturers, between 1980 and the present? Where do '85 Freedom Pilothouse and '85 Hunter Cutters fall? Both 40'. Any and all advice would be welcomed.