We're (that is, me and my love) looking at boats for liveaboarding, and the
Jeanneau 43 DS (1999 to 2003 range) strikes us as extremely roomy and in general well designed (speaking of interior). We're both green as shrubs, more or less, when it comes to sailing.
If anyone have any experiences with this type, knows of a good review of it, have knowledge about any production issues at that time, etc etc it will be much appreciated.
Also, if you know of similar models, that are
deck saloon sailboats (center cockpits with roomy afts are nice too), where you can actually see outside, we'd love to hear of them. This particular
Jeanneau model is one we have fallen in love with, but we're always looking for other options. (P.S. please don't start a discussion of production vs. classical HB boats. I think I've read them all, more or less