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Ocean Passages...
None of the above! A "passagemaker" should be a comfortable sailing boat, as well as built reasonably strong. A comfortable sailing boat will have a V forefoot for ease of entry, a deep vice shoal keel, a longer keel than any of the boats you mentioned, and preferably a skeg hung rudder. The rudder is one of the weakest points on many spade rudder designs.
A passagemaker may take longer to get to the destination but one should not have to spend time recovering from the trip as if one took a sled.
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