[paul-e]

thanks again to everyone who replied with all the great information. duffer1960, I took your advice and checked out sailboatowners.com. great place. Centaur, thanks for weighing in...i am worried about shortcuts (i may just have to keep my ''72 tartan 34; no shortcuts in that boat). David (fishclan), i think i''ve been to johnsboatstuff...will check that again. Jeff, that''s one heck of a lot of info. thanks. i''ve sailed my tartan 34C for 6 years and will continue until i''ve settled on another boat. the only reason to "move up" is more room (plus a few more amenities), but i''d love to have the same quality boat (in design and construction). glad you mentioned the dehler 36. we noticed that the new dehler 360 is in annapolis (got some literature a month ago). a sailing buddie who does east coastal sailing in his sweden yacht 37 recommends a dehler over a bavaria, but i don''t yet know why. practical sailor had an article about bavaria 380 recently. they were impressed. i know it''s as mass produced as any of the beneteau/catalina/hunters, but the article states that it is well-constructed. i looked at a bavaria 38 recently and found the joinery to be top notch for a boat in that price range. bronze thru-hulls, mast forward to premit more power from main (smaller genoa). guess i need to restart a message thread: compare bavarias to dehlers. and yes, i am also searching for a good (clean, well-cared for) used boat. our plan (hope) is to keep the boat we finally choose for a decade, sail the chesapeake and do east coastal cruising. our T34 has given us a lot of great sailing; i don''t want to destroy that experience by purchasing a poorer quality vessel just to get more room. thanks again to all.