Pelin – generally good sea boats, tend to push a bit of water around but both Columbia and Challenger hulls have decent flair so most water is sprayed out away from the boat. Quality second hand depends on the build/builder  and a lot were a bit underpowered so the engines can be a bit tired.

Markline – 900 a bit small by the sounds of your needs, 1100 could meet your needs, quite a forgiving hull carry their beam well forward so need horsepower to push them along. Can be a bit wet and throw water over even the flybridge, hardtop would be good. Good cockpit to accommodation ratio for fishing. Watch out for pox in the hulls, they were  laid up with chopper guns in the days before the issues with humidity were well known. Also can suffer from cracking in the bulkhead attachment to the hull and I’ve seen one with delamination along the side that the owner liked to come up against the fueling jetty quite hard. Can be a handful in a following sea.

Bertram – great sea boats, great fishing/game fishing with a big cockpit. The trade off is accommodation size particularly smaller ones. Smaller ones can be a bit tender, particularly at anchor.

Reflections – another good design from the Young family. The slightly unusual lines mean you either like them or you don’t. Make sure you are happy with the interior layout for your needs though, the smaller and most common 980 lacks a little privacy for my likes. Well built by McDell marine.

Chris Robertson – harder to define, lots of individual boats built 70s and 80s. Generally very well built though.