Well, I looked at the Bristol 40 today, and it has a Bristol hull and that's it. The guy selling it thought the previous owner removed the Bristol deck and made his own, but I find that unlikely. Anyway, the cabin top was the whole deck. There is no side deck. The cabin top had life lines that came to several inches below my knees - not good. The hard top over the small cockpit is nice until you want to go up on deck. Then you practically have to crawl out of the cockpit on your belly (remember, no side deck).
Below, the companion way steps were extended to make an easier entrance possible. What the remodeler forgot to take into consideration was there was nothing to hold onto if the boat is heeled over. Likewise the cabin was expansive due to the cabin top being out to the hull sides, but there was nothing to hold onto in a seaway. And most weird of all, the small galley was forward, opposite of the head. It had a front loading fridge, into which you might get a six pack of beer, loaf of bread (this is Florida - everyone keeps their bread in the fridge), and some cold cuts. The boat is in serious need of some cold storage.
At $29,000 (Tampa Bay Craigslist), this boat will sell to someone with a family who mainly wants to live aboard, but as a cruising boat, forget it. By the way, the current owner did a lot of work on the boat. He replaced floors, put new everything in the boat and for the most part used the right materials, but I gathered from our conversation that he was not a sailor. Never heard of someone buying and flipping boats, but it looks like it has come to the Tampa Bay area.