If you can find a Salina for 350k Euros in good condition it would be great boat, especially as
kids get older and teenagers want some of their own space, just need a good
survey.
Lagoon 440 would also be good (despite what detractors may say, fly-bridge is place every one wants to be especially cruising between and among islands, great for shallow
water eyeball
navigation too and most times a cool breeze in the shade). For the small percentage of cruising time spent actually crossing oceans, the diehards can get a little fussy about pointing ability (ie Dagger board arguments), weight, speed, fly vs semi fly vs twin
outboard helms etc. etc. at the end of the day I imagine your issue will be accommodation related and so IMO bigger would be better. Probably also means a bigger
tender, with 6 aboard you will want a 20 HP at least. Other boats to consider would be
Orana 44,
Leopard 46 (2009 on) and the less expensive but older 47. All these boats cross oceans regularly and some will be slightly better than others in different aspects of a crossing, but the key factor I believe will be to find the boat in the right condition for the
money. All these boats were on our shortlist when we started looking and the Salina was at the top, but none were suitable on price/age condition, but we have been really happy on a younger
Lagoon 450 for 3 years now.