If racing is a priority, listen to Jackdaw. Otherwise all four of the boats are fine cruisers - pick the one you like the best.
I don’t think comfort or safety is an issue for any of the boats you are considering. The Great Lakes are coastal cruising waters. I mean that a safe harbor is almost always less than 8 hours away. It takes longer than that and a long fetch to develop waves that threaten any boat you are considering. In fact this is also true of our h27, given the easy availability of weather forecasts and radar on any smartphone. We have never had a serious safety concern in 20 summers of cruising all of the Great Lakes.