Well, I may be selling off my original 16' cataraft setup. Will be more then $1700 though. Going to upgrade my pontoons on my current frame. Hmmm, let the bidding begin.

But, onto boats. Yup, what was said above is true. If you're solo, you'll have to be prepared to leave some expensive equiptment behind. Unless you go to a 12-16' cat and have multi person frame built.