Let me clarify a couple of points for you, bs.
I owned Express 30 hull #59, Loco has #57. The
interiors were different. I had a copy of the
original order where the purchaser had drawn what
he wanted in the interior. Do you think Beneteau
would do that?

Yep, and they did. Pretty amazing given the fact that the interior was
an award winning design on it's own. Still you could ask for two aft
cabins, strip out the V for racing, get a version with a extra large
single aft cabin and so on. A few models got dinettes and my boat has a
custom teak interior, offered by Beneteau for a premium along with
special fabrics and window shades. 2 keels were offered, but Beneteau
made a few 5.5 fins for owners as well. There were many more options
for a boat well up-market of the 35s5. Also take note...the 35s5 sells
for close to have of her original cost. The Express 30 is only selling
for a 3rd or even less! Why is that????

Also, there were less than 100 Express 30's
built. According to your reasoning, that
instantly makes it better than your bene.

That would be a more valid point if the Express 30 was a nice looking
boat. It's not. It looks like an unsweetended C&C, so much so that a
few folks here mentioned how much alike the C&C and Express looked.
Still, the Express is the boxy uglified version, though faster than her
C&C cousins. I didn't know they only got to 100 hulls. That's quite a
failure and explains why so few people even heard of them. I like the
impressive performance of the Express, but can't get past the looks or
cheap looking interior.
When I considered one, every person I sent pics of the Express 30 to
thought it was ugly. And guess what? A certain budy of Sloco's also
thought it was ugly (when we were on happier terms) way back when.

Given a choice between a J30 or Express 30....I'll actually pass on
both. And I did.

RB
35s5
NY