Opinions on Malo 106 and 116

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I'm looking at a Malo 106 and a 116 for my first sailboat to be used as full-time liveaboard and cruiser. it's time to give up my day-job/career and head out. I've done some sailing and learned some singlehanding skills, but this will be the first sailboat I've owned. I can get into more specifics, but I've saved enough money to live for ~10+ years based on monthly budget reports found here and elsewhere. I'd like to spend ~$90k or less on the boat and any refits and upgrades. I'm very mechanically and electrically inclined (have rebuilt engines, wired a house, etc.) so I plan on doing much of the work that I can myself.

Can I get a sanity check, opinions on 1980s Malo 106 and 116 for liveaboard and crusing? Are there any other boat recommendations in this class that I might have missed in my searches that make good liveaboard cruisers?

If this is the wrong sub-forum, or my questions are too generic and open-ended let me know. Thank you.