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Kevin,
All good advice above. The first advice I would give is find an instructor and learn to sail before you buy a boat. Learning to sail is different than cruising around with 3 guests on board.
Once you get the principals of sailing down then you can decide on a boat. The purchase of a boat will depend on several factors. Some of which you already mentioned. You want to day sail with three guests (four total people including yourself).
Some other questions to ask are:
1. where will you be sailing? Ocean, Lake, Bay?
2. how large are my guests? Average size adults or are some larger?
3. the age of your guests?
4. even your guests sex. An 18-20 year old girl isn't going to be to keen on using the "poop deck" with her fathers 45 year old friend 2-1/2 feet away.
Once you answer those questions you can start looking for boats that fit your current needs and ability and that you can grow into as you become more proficient.
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