1986 Duncanson 34 vs 1979 Duncanson 37

[bronto13]

Hi everybody,

I am currently looking for a boat that I can sail single handed and also liveaboard. I work away so it will be in a Marina/ Mooring while I'm at work and then I will live and sail on it while back. I am having lessons on Dinghy sailboats at the moment and will move onto keelboat training. Then I will get lessons on my own boat when purchased.
I live on the Gold Coast, Australia, I plan to sail north to the Whitsundays during Winter and then down towards Tasmania during the Summer. Eventually I will sail SE Asia and across the PAcific.

Now the question, I like the look of the 1986 Duncanson 34's which are an Aft cockpit, and there is the 1979 Duncanson 37 which is a center cockpit.
Which would you recommend out of these two boats, or are they not even suitable for offshore cruising? They are both about the same price point.

Cheers, thanks for reading.