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That is interesting! the most important thing for me (there are many!!) is the ballast to displacement ratio...meaning if the boat is knocked down, it will get back up! the closer to 4.0 you get the better. I believe the E38 and the I36 are 3.9-4.0 or thereabouts. The ultalights- Express 37...

I do know both those explorers! And envy strongly! Zak's boat is actually for sail I heard. I also heard the Cal 40 is a good choice, but I can't get myself to be thousand miles off shore in a gail in a 1967 built boat!

Debating between an Ericson 38 and an Islander 36 do do some serious off shore cruising in the fall. Mostly SF down to Mexico, continue south or across Pacific. Have several thousand miles logged on various boats, not my own. Crewed on Pacific Cup, Ba Ha Ha, and several coast races in CA...