Hello all,
I am new to the list. Have fallen in love with the CP16 and am currently searching. I am hoping to find a restoration project for the winter. Good to be here, there seems to be lots of info.
Troy
Welcome! I'm new here too, having bought a CP-16 last week. I will have PLENTY to do this winter! They are neat little boats. Good luck in your search.
Thanks for the encouragement. How long did your search take? I am wondering how far I have to go to find one of these beauties. I did find one down in FL that has a pretty bad keel. I want to try her but I don't know if it is worth it. Gerry at Hutchins said it was possible to get a new fiberglass keel but might be cost prohibitive.
If it were me, I wouldn't bother fixing one with a bad keel. There are too many of these boats to be had in better shape for little money. Figure one in near perfect condition goes for about $3500, and adjust down from there. The majority seem to be in the $1000-2000 range and don't need anything the typical owner isn't capable of doing.
Try EBay, Boat Trader, Boats.com, sailingtexas.com and I guarantee you'll find quite a few.
Here's one I found on sailingtexas already: (http://www.sailingtexas.com/piccompac16102a.jpg)
Good luck.
Read my Free compac 16 post. I stumbled upon this boat in my local paper. Previous owner didnt know what it was. I just got back from a peaceful weekday afternoon sail, :D
Welcome,
I just picked up my "project" for the winter as well. Found her on ebay and was within 200 miles away, not too bad.
Good luck boat hunting!
Thanks to all for the good advice I will keep looking.