Dawndreamer...Well I hope the quality is improving a bit as it had certainly deteriorated through the first half of this decade. I wouldn't use cruising world reviews as a great reference since they are obviously beholden to advertisers and seem to divvy up the awards each year to keep everyone happy. Example: You quote the 38 as "best production cruiser under 40 feet" in the BOTY awards which is absolutely true. But the whole point is that they (Cruising World)
rig it that way. There were only THREE other boats in the competition for that particular trophy and one of them was a hunter 33!! Now that doesn't make the 38 a bad boat...it just shows that the award is nothing more than an advertising gimmick. How does it compare to the Etap which won the prior year or for that matter the Sabre 38 which won DOMESTIC BOAT OF THE YEAR in the same year. Hmmmm...two 38 foot production boats each win in different categories yet both are monohulls and cruisers??
I'll wait for a Practical Sailor review myself!