Having sailed and or serviced almost all European brands, in terms of quality Nauthitec is about the same as the rest except Bali which is significantly worse. I haven't sailed 46 open but took my own Nauthitec 46 Fly myself from La Rochelle to Marmaris(3.000 nm) I know there are people comparing her to Lagoons in terms of performance but even Fly version of the 46 is faster than any
Lagoon particularly upwind. Broad reaching or downwind sailing is a problem because of small self tacking gib and I strongly suggest that you get a assymetrical spinneaker and or a
Code zero. After 5 years of charter we only had two issues on my 46 Fly, one idiot in the factory had left a small piece of cupper cable underneath the
aluminum fuel tank which caused a galvanic corosion and hundreds of small holes under the tank. The factory paid 1.000 € under warranty and we fixed it. The other problem was with the hydraullic
steering system , less serious but still ongoing problem from time to time .
Visibility might well be a problem on Open 46 (I have the same problem with my Catana) as a result of the
steering position. I don't know if Nauthitec offers this option but if so, you should definately go with
engine commands on both side.
Cheers
Yeloya