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It would help if you said what kind of sailing and where you plan to sail the boat. If you're planning a trip across the Atlantic, then you would probably want a bluewater cruiser, rather than a coastal one.
Most coastal cruisers are beamier, with more open cabin layouts and less stowage and tankage than a bluewater cruiser of the same LOA. They're designed with the fact that you'll be relatively near shore, and close to facilities where you can re-fuel, get water, food, etc, so don't have the larger stowage and tankage capacities of a bluewater boat that may be two-to-three weeks from the nearest port.
A few manufacturers of Bluewater crusing boats would be Pacific Seacraft, Valiant, Hallberg Rassy, Swan, Tayana, etc. Some of the more common coastal cruisers would be Beneteau, Jeanneau, Hunter, and Catalina.
There are some boats that are a compromise between the two and can be used as a coastal cruiser or a bluewater cruiser, although not particularly well suited to either necessarily.
It would also help if you said what your budget was, what level of sailing experience you have and where you were located.
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You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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