ok went to see the little 16'.
- Looks pretty cherry, floor is not soft but weak appears to be 1/2" so you can feel flex (I'm 220).
- Motor looks good under the hood, no critter evidence - he states he replaced the coil. No tilt/trim - easy to add?
- Owner said he has used it twice in three years, it was his sons for 10 years before that and he never really used it.
- Looks to have had a new skin put on the bow, it is shiny not painted like the rest. Couldn't access underneath there is a panel with speaker in it screwed down. Couple hole in the bow not patched but couldn't push down so seems solid.
- Floor wood at bilge is solid, I could feel some foam blocks under there and could lift up with one finger so pretty sure no water in them.
- No cracks visible in transom support pieces and didn't see anything on splashwell
- Could not put downward force on transom (light boat fat guy) but couldn't get any movement upward and all looked ok.
- Looks like original bimini, in good shape needs a clean.
- Didn't see any missing rivets and no 'goop' of any kind on the bottom.
Think I could flip it for more than $1000 - $1300 if I wanted to? Don't want to but just in case. I want to take out the back twwo seats and have as my fishing boat or maybe for the kids to use in a couple years.
I told him I'd let him know if I was interested tomorrow, then I'd come back and we'd haggle on price (no comments form him on that one).
Small dent maybe pushed 1/2" max
other side
the 'shiny' bow. Note the open headed rivet (i'm sure there is a more technical name than that) at the bottom of the pic.
