Budget is important, also important is, is this gonna be trainer cat for more aggressive boats down the line. My personal feeling is that a Hobie 16 is a great boat for knocking around in. Easy to find and easy to sail and cheap. However, if you want to progress as multihull sailor and eventually find yourself having a lot more fun sailing a N20 or F18 or A cat or even big boats than the best training platform out there is a prindle 18-2, hands down, I s__t you not.