[Jeff_H]

First of all I think you have gathered a list by price more than suitability. With all due respect the presense of some of these boats suggests that you are comparatively inexperienced in sailing offshore or with the models being mentioned. I have tried to divide these into reasonably suitable, marginally suitable and totally unsuitable using normal criteria as well as your "top priorities.....seaworthiness and reliability". I should note that the average condition version of any of these boats would be totally unsuitable without substantial upgrades equaling in material costs close to or more than the value of any of these boats. I have also added a couple other suitable choices (*) as well. All of these boats will need a thorough survey and you are looking for one that has been upgraded and maintained because bringing back a real project on any of these could be a $10K-$20K proposition. Many of these designs were coastal cruisers and so will need bigger cockpit drains, a better sealed companionway, more tankage, and so on. I classified boats as totally unsuitable if structurally, seaworthiness, or sailing ability wise they were not adaptable to your needs. Marginally suitable would be in excellent shape and then you would need to do some serious adaptation. Reasonably suitable would be boats that inherrently are good boats but which have some serious liability, or which are typically outside your budget when they are in reasonable condition. Ideal includes boats that I would place at the top of my list if I were in your shoes. :

Ideal:
1960''s/70 Morgan K/Cb 28 *
1960''s Pearson Renegade 27/28 *
1960''s (Tripp) Sailmaster 26 *
1960/70''s Tartan 27 *
1970''s Contessa 26 *

Reasonably suitable:
1960/70''s Albin Vega 27*
1960''s Cal 25 *
1960''s Bristol 27 *
1987 Dehler 25
1970''s Lindenberg 26*
1960''s Morgan K/Cb 24*
1960''s (Seafarer) Rhodes Meridian
1970 Yankee Dolphin 24

Marginally suitable:
1964 Cal 28
1970''s Cal 2-27*
1975 C&C 24
1977 C&C 26
1960''s Columbia Defender
1974 Ericson 27
1980-81 Hunter 25
1971 Irwin 25
1970''s Paceship 26
1966 Westerly 25

Totally unsuitable:
1977 AMF 26
1974 Buccaneer "Fiesta 200" 24
1983 Commodore 26
1974 Grampian Marine 23
1984 Hunter 25
1978 Pearson 26

I need to go to work but this should give you some ideas.
Jeff