The best part of the Kadey Krogen is her shoal
draft. Especially over where I am in South
Florida and the
Bahamas, her 3'2" boards up draft is a really nice. Jim Krogen was a
Miami guy and designed for the
Bahamas. While you can get anywhere with less than 6' draft, it makes it so much easier and less stressful to have real shoal draft.
The number one item I would look for is the
engine. You might want to steer clear of ones with high hour Pathfinders, old
Perkins, or Westerbekes. The best options would have a low-hour
Yanmar. Or
budget in a repowering job which can run $20,000. Another item to look for is if the bottom has been stripped and barrier coated. Two Krogen 38's I know of had this done, and it seems to be necessary.
She is not your prototypical long distance
offshore boat. Her strengths are more as a good
liveaboard (a friend of mine lives aboard on one) and gunkholer.