What about a catamaran? 4 to 5 crew means a lot of people on board a 45 foot monohull. 4 to 5 crew on a catamaran is nothing, space wise. Advantages: Faster, way more space, usually 2 of everything means redundancy when something breaks, better ride sailing, no rolling at anchorage, easier to manuever, shallower draft, etc. A lot of people are cruising catamarans...more every year.
Monohulls: I like the Island Packets monohulls, but see very few out cruising. I don't know what you heard about Jeanneau and Beneteau's but I see a lot of monohull Beneteau's and Jeanneau's and no one has ever mentioned a problem. The Beneteau's make real great cruisers, easy to handle for a couple and are good sailing boats. Nice cockpits which is very important for cruising.
Important things...it's important to have good "cruising" equipment...watermakers, solar, radar, gps, anchors, batteries, etc. Buying a great sailing boat without this stuff means it's a coastal boat.
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