Maybe you guys have forgotten about buying used boats...cheap. The easily visible parts that will cost too much to replace if they’re crap are the tramp and the sails. A quick look at them in your P16 photos seems pretty good but you gotta be there and touch and look. The next thing is the hull hardness, especially the deck forward of the front beam. Press on it HARD and if it squishes or crackles, find another boat. The photos make the hulls look sharp and clean so maybe its been stored inside or at least covered.

Little things can bleed you financially to REPLACE so make sure it’s all there. Rudders(2)? Tiller extension that still extends? The photos make this boat look pretty complete. Count parts. Better yet, take it for a spin.

What about the water in the hulls? If the other things are good and the hulls don't squish, you can fix fiberglass cheap. No dagger wells on a P16. Come on now, it could just be the drain plug o-rings! A split rubber o-ring will fill a hull in an hour! 25 cents at Home Depot.

The trailer is important. Yours has a $500 box on it! Your trailer is painted (bad) but if there's not too much crud and rust it's worth most of your $900 right there. Does it roll?

I always tell people, “Look at the doughnut, not the hole.” A P16 is a GREAT boat, tough as nails if not squishy-hulled and flies higher than anything but a GCat. Offer $800, find some fiberglass junkies to teach you repairs, and GO SAILING right away. Cut out the "analysis paralysis".

Do it today before you blame the approaching winter for another dry day. Do it…. DO IT!

Here’s a picture of my old P16 doing what it does best. It cost me $250 plus a tramp. What a steal!