Others to consider:
Ovni, Halberg Rassey; Amel; Garcia; Waterline (CAnadian);
Oyster, those are a few.
Other factors to consider: If there will be four of you on longer passages, most important is
water tankage. In the hot places, between the tropics, a minimum daily usage is 2 litres per day per person. This means showering and dishwashing in
salt water. Obviously, you need more tankage if you don't want to live that way. Or think about watermakers and
water catchment.
Another factor, between the tropics. For adequate belowdecks airflow, you want a dorade per stateroom, and one or two for the
saloon. Bring 12 v. fans with you to install along the way, one per stateroom, 2 for the
saloon, placed to cover the whole area. Also, I personally like an opening port above the
stove, and an opening
hatch just fwd of the
galley. Baking bread can be a warm business if you're Gt. Britain acclimatized.
IMO, four adults can manage with one
head, if you all are cooperative, but an adequate stateroom for separation and sleeping on offwatches is important. That space you save by having one
head can be used for a pantry for the most frequently needed
food stores.
You will want to be south of the equator by June, thus escaping the start of the northern hemisphere
hurricane season, and you will want to arrive in
Australia before December--we had to shelter in mid October from a cyclone in
New Caledonia one year.
You might want to consider a
Galapagos stop.
However, the
Marquesas, and onwards through the
South Pacific, offer some beautiful cruising grounds, and very different from anywhere else in the world.
Research beforehand into the settlement of the SP Ocean by the Polynesians will enrich your experiences while there.
Ann
Understandably you will get a lot of that 
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