I'm getting crap from people about selling the Island Packet and getting a Hunter, but we are doing it for exactly all the reasons you said. We are were sort of forced into looking for a new boat, but at the same time, the Hunter we are getting will make my life much easier. Access to systems, batteries, engine maintenance, through hulls etc and so forth is all much better and easier. It will take some getting used to but I still have the teak rail seats to refinish.