Rickard wrote:
I recently sailed a Swan 45 on a regatta. She was a true pleasure to
sail but expensive and not a very good cruising yacht. Another nice
boat is the Sweden Yacht 45 but that one is also really expensive.
Do you have any experience of other nice boats in that size?

Do you mean to suggest that a 40 footer is, strictly speaking, directly
comparable to a 50 footer in any meaningful way? How deep are your pockets
and what do you plan to do with this boat?

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Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
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