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Hi. The Swanson hulls are well built. They're solid glass rather than cored. We have a 36 Swanson 1975 with no hull problems, including osmosis. Both the 36 and the 42 hae been sailed all over the world. I suspect the 42 would be more comfortable, although I don't know how they sail. Things to watch are probably things like the decks. Some of the 42s have teak decks. If they're not been replaced in recent times they would present quite a headache. As others have said, I think a good sized engine (60 plus) would be good. With the 42s, there appear to be some well kept and a bit dearer, and some poorly kept and cheaper. Although in the long run, I expect the poorly kept ones would turn out to be dearer, even if you do all the work yourself. Don't know anything about the Roberts. Cheers and good luck.
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