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I truly appreciate an Alberg design like the 35. They are not a modern boat with lots of interior space, light displacement and short keels. However, they hold a course very well in a long passage and have an easy movement through the water in a chop and don't pound gowing to weather in a sea.
I think with all boats old or modern you must give up something to get something else (economics).
Polyestermites can be a problem with fiberglass boats made from old growth fiberglass trees. Core eating worms as WaLiveaboard mentioned are only a real danger in cored hulls. If they get into your cored deck and cabin top you'll feel them underfoot when you step on a squishy nest. Then just drill down and squirt them with a thinned epoxy mix.
Regards, --JohnL--
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