Look at Mariners 36 (NH ones not the
Taiwan built ones which are a totally diffrent boat by a different company built in the early 70s). Not a full
keel but very stable, points and tracks well. Can go on for hours with locked
wheel - and you can pretend it's on auto pilot. )) Very sturdy built. About 18,000lbs, 20,000lbs loaded with stuff. Last made in the early 80s, only about 80 were built but now a few are on the market, probably due to their long time owners getting on in years. Very loyal owner following. But most are selling now right around $30K. Of course they' dhave all the expected issues of a 30+ year old boat but most are very resolvable and make sense as the boat's quality overall encourages such investment.
PS Full disclosure - we own one but all of these facts I found out after the
purchase as during the pre-purchase
survey by a
surveyor and 2 very qualified
marine pros the boat was happily pronounced a good buy in the range you are looking but I didn't know squat about how good the boat was until I started researcing more about it. I know I went about
purchasing this one in *ss-backward way. But I was initially looking to replace a 27footer with a 30footer and this one came up unexpectedly at a
price just slightly higher than most 30footers I was looking at. And none of the 3
marine pros had any interest whatsoever in me
buying or not
buying her which helped to cement my decision.
PPS This model is considered the proverbial "sleeper" as quality wise it's at least at
Sabre level (some say better) but because it is not well known outside
New England, with only about 80 boats having been made, it is way undervalued.
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