Pros and cons of these boats?

[shaunb]

Firstly, thanks for the advice on SHE 27's a couple of days ago. We have decided that we need something a little bigger.
We are planning on changing our boat early next year (I know it's a long way away, but I enjoy the research):
I have narrowed it down to the following:

S&S 34
Contessa 32
Sadler 32
Moody 31

Any comments/ info on any of these?

Boat will be used mainly for day sailing, weekend cruising & possibly 1/2 weeks aboard in the summer. Myself, wife and 2 young children will be aboard.

Cheers

Shaun

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[trouville]

I had an Alpa 11.50 which was an S&S design and that was the fastest best handeling boat i ever had.

The reason i sold was to buy a roomier boat,and i do prefer wood,but the design was perfect.The contessa has less space inside the others i dont really know,but if i were to choose between a jeramy rogers or an s&s id go for the S&S

When jeremy rogers retired he bought a contest 40 i think?