Newbie with questions!!!

[Byrdman]

Dito for what Chuck said about the 16A verses the 16C. My 1st C-Dory was a 16 Crusier and I did not even know they made an angler....but, would not have made a difference cause a used 16C popped up for sale on the east side of the USA....and I bought it just to see if these boats are what folks talked them up to be.... Well... I just bought my 3rd one. Looking at your post...and having cruised in the 16C... I like the 16A and think you would too... The aft cockpit is 5 feet fore/aft instead of the 3 feet on the cruiser... but try to find a used 16A on the east coast... That 5' cockpit does give you room to run up to 4 folding deck chairs facing center for concerts..... or...jut put a pair of those "bench type...double wide high back deck chairs that are about 47" wide in there.... Also at this point, get a 10 pitch prop for traveling with a load. The boat will take if fine and you simply just loose some top end speed...which is not important. Then....take a look at the rig Red Fox has on his site...or on the inside cover of the C-Dory brochoure for a way to store a cooler for that many folks....if ya don't want the cooler weight forward.