Soooo .... call me selfish but .... if my wife and I are going to organize crew, shop for food, find and contract a boat,sail the boat etc etc etc AND pay the same as everyone else, I wouldn't think twice about claiming the one enhanced comfort feature of the slightly better cabin. No guilt at all.

That said we've always looked at bareboating as either a sailing vacation with some shore stuff or a caribbean vacation with some sailing. If you (and your crew) are more into the latter (and we've found that describes most of our crews) then this boat will be great. The fact that it doesn't point well up wind will be a minor blip to most of the crews we've seen. They'll be thrilled to be on the water in a gorgeous boat with a drink in their hand!