For 9 years we had a 33ft lead slug (although in actual fact it was quite a quick boat with a 6ft 2in fin).

It had twin double aft cabins and my wife very quickly adapted some fitted double sheets from our local store so that they fitted the shaped bunk mattresses exactly. Throw in some duvets and bedmaking was a snap!

If I ever get beyond paying for our seemingly constant stream of 4 kids wanting to go to university (1 down, 1 starting, 2 to go) I'll take all that suddenly available extra money (sorry about that, I'll just pick myself up off the floor) and we'll buy ourselves some kind of 32-39ft cruising cat.

The older Prouts are good value if originally factory built, but I have a secret yearning for a Fontaine Pajot Athena 38 or similar