On Saturday 23 October 2004 10:13 pm in rec.boats.cruising 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?


You need to decide if you want to cruise or race.
A good cruiser is heavy, sea kindly, has PLENTY of
stowage and, above all, has individual cabins so that
the crew can get away from eachother. The best cruisers
are generally motor sailers in the 45 foot ++ range.
Good cruisers are never going to win races, the
requirements are totally different.
Nordhavn has recently announced a nice 55 foot motor
sailer to add to their range of trawlers - not cheap
but worth consideration.

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