My wife and I sail our 47 ft cutter alone.
We do not have any lines to the cockpit and do not want any

There is no doubt thr bigger boat is more work, but we need the exercise at our age.

We have good winches and anchor windlass. All manual

When sailing and when working on our boat we meet lots of couples our age, late sixties

Brian is correct saying that the maintenance is WORK, but again, we need exercise