16 on e-bay

[rickwick]

Rickwick,
I could not find the 16 on ebay. $2500 is too much for a less than excellent '77. I believe the pre 1980 CP-16s had some balsa coring and were netorious for leaks around the cabin hatch.
Have you looked at the 1990 16 in Casseberry,Fl? It is on the Orlando Craig's list asking $4,000. Only one picture shown. Sounds like a good unit and not too far from you. Duggest you take a good look at the trailer with any boat. If the boat is poor the trailer is often worse.
Good luck and have fun searching.

I saw this boat in Casselberry yesterday and learned 2 things. One, 16's are small (duh), and Four, Craigslist ads don't always have a recent photo. The boat in the ad looked nice enough, clean....not so when I arrived to see it. He took the gas motor off to sell separately, the rigging is in very bad shape and would have to be replaced, there are places (holes) on the hull while not structurally bad they are more then just gelcoat problems. The roller furling he mentioned was "homemade". All the wood was sad.
I would not insult the nice older man with an offer because it would have been less then a grand.

[Mokey7]

This is one reason I always ask for a recent photo to be emailed. If you save the photo to your hard drive, then right click it and hit properties, you can tell when the photo was taken under the details tab, and even by what digital camera. Hope fully this trick will save you another wasted trip.

[rickwick]

Good tip. I want to mention that I am not knocking 16's. I may be hooked, think I will go to WPB and look at that one next weekend.
No one says you can only have one boat!