I owned various beachcats for years. Then bought a 30' Jeanneau monohull in the late 80's - wanted to do some bluewater sailing. Owned the boat for 9 years, sailed to Mexico 3 times, raced it some, kids grew up on it, enjoyed the boat immensely, then went back to beachcats. I'll never own a monohull again. Life is too short to sail around at 6 knots. Speed and comfort are inversely proportional on a monohull. My next cruiser will be a trimaran, something along the Farrier line!

The saying goes....
"Show me something that floats, I'll show you a boat, Show me two things that float, I'll show you a race"

Just my 2 cents.....