I don't mean to be harsh, I own an anachronism too. Sure we love them, but the B40 is history. It's not alone. My local wooden boat yard launched a campaign to build some of the really sought after classics of 50+ year ago designs. They're beautiful and sought after,...as used boats. But to sell these anachronisms today proved to be near impossible so far. People have the money(a few), but they have a different idea than those 50 years ago. Besides, the old ones exist already to restore/rebuild, and they have soul and a history that you can't get in a new boat.

So what's next in semi production sailboats? That's the fun part.

If the small custom yards are any indicator(and they always have been part of sailboat design evolution), we may be seeing boats returning to more classic design lines above the waterline, and more state of the art underbody below the waterline. Not exactly that simple. They will also have modernized sailplans and sailhandling. All in all, the best of two popular worlds I think, classic beauty combined with a new performance
standard that will be a bigger part of the new sailboat theme. Easy stuff for custom designers and builders, they can build anything one off today from CAD lines in cold moulded construction.

If Hinckley gets back in the sailboat business, or Morris moves the market back toward(it will never be the same)a "coastal cruiser/racer", it will look more like a 50 year old design above the water, and more like a today's large Daysailer's below the waterline. The market will be small, if at all. These buyers will be good sailors with an eye for a pleasing design.

Something like ANNA, designed and built in Brooklin Maine(and moored in Rockport), traditional above, state of the art below and in performance. No, it won't be ANNA, but these custom designs can be drivers of some of the new elements in design.

Put it this way, the current look, say Morris's big sailboats of the 80's and 90's, are history. I think they were the end of the road in a wrong turn the big sailboat industry took a couple decades ago.

The new ones will lean more toward performance, sailing, than living aboard, "cruising lightly?". I think the new buyers will have an eye for a more attractive boat that sails easily and simply.

That's my prediction.