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Add a few items to your criteria:
What is the biggest travel lift convenient to your home? Don't buy a boat any wider.
Which engines are best represented by repair facilities in your neighborhood? Importing a mechanic can be expensive.
Stick with the equipment manufacturers you are familiar with. French NKE may make sexy electronics, but....
Don't buy anything with a sail that takes two people to furl.
If you are a monohull sailor, you are already sensitive to water depth issues, so dont be afraid of a cat with dagger boards.
If your new mast is too tall, the intercoastal is not an option in case of prolonged adverse weather.
You are a sailor. Buy something that is FUN, not boring, to sail. Prouts come pre-reefed. (OK, OK, I take it back...)
For the crowd you could have aboard, I have two words: twin dinghies.
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