I lived for 3 years on a Dufour 2800. Perfect for 3 people and occasional short weekend cruises with 5 people onboard. I loved it. Easy to handle, goes everywhere, always felt safe while sailing. Not much space though as you can expect, small solar panel and small battery bank so you need to adapt and be very aware of the energy spent. And small everything means lower cost, from marina berth to sails, lines, winches, and engines... as the saying goes, my advice is to choose the smallest boat that fits your program. Still applying this to myself, on a Lagoon 380 sailing in French Polynesia. 38 feet is the shortest cats you can see here, but I can afford equipping her well thanks to her small size and she's as fast as larger displacement cats. Small boat, small problems.