If you are asking me why our friend is looking at this boat? I have no idea. I have a hard time dealing with walk through transoms in the scheme of sailboat design. An 800 pound, freestanding spar on a boat with a big fat icebox in the middle of the cabin sole (according to the photos) would not even make my long list of boats to look at.
But in all fairness, we all have our "needs", I guess this one meets his??