The thing with most of the large volume production boats is they are designed with the weekend sailor in mind. Long on amenities, short on storage, tankage, and other things that are found on bluewater boats. It isn't so much that they aren't built well enough, it's that they aren't built for that purpose. Nigel Calders
The Cruising Handbook does a good job of describing what to look for in a passage maker. An online source would be here
http://www.mahina.com/cruise.html .
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