Toying with idea of upgrading to either a Farr 11.6 or Northshore 38. The purpose will be short handed long distance blue water cruising.

I get the impression these are quite similar yachts...obviously similar in length, both relatively light (for the time) with similar displacement, both from similar era and both built deliberately without any concession to IOR so have good downwind lines, fractional rig.

Of the two I favour the Farr 11.6 only because you can get these with tiller rather than wheel which is my preference. Other than that I don't know of any great difference between them...perhaps the Northshore is a better looking yacht but that is neither here nor there. If anyone had any feedback on one vs the other I'd be appreciative.

The other design that I quite like is the Swarbrick S111. At 36ft a tad smaller than the above two boats but again similar era without any IOR nonsense and a nice fractional rig.