Privilege 43, Antares 44 or Balance 45??

[merrick0507]

HI all
Very little contribution to this site as yet but wondering what comments might be forthcoming
Difficult in Covert times to be looking for a boat overseas at the moment but we are fairly isolated down here in Australia
Looking to upgrade our Seawind 100 of 11 years to a reliable solid performing second hand blue water Cat for use by a couple on extended cruising now that the work life is about to settle down a bit.
Have been looking for a couple of years and the above three seem to stand out as well built reputable cats.
Also liked the Dolphins from S America but not many come up for sale
The new Balance cats apparently from the Montebello moulds seem to be gaining a lot of traction but again very few used ones around for sale as yet.
Any thoughts or comments

[Sand crab]

I thought the now discontinued B451 was from the Montebello molds. Some or all of those were made in China. They have a brand new 442 in the works but none have been made yet.I think everything will be made in South Africa.
The Antares is a great cat but you will pay for that.

[Jeannius]

The Antares is supposed to be a great boat but I have no personal experience. Do you mean Privilege 43 or Privilege 435? Very different boats. Privilege 43 quite old and the salon/saloon and helm position not to my taste. Privilege 435 a wonderful, solidly built, real quality boat. Owned mine for 12 years and over 40,000nm, much of that with just my wife and I aboard. You can't really buy a better long distance cruising boat in the 40-45ft range.