I second the vote for a SuperCat 17. This boat has HUGE hull volume and will handle your weight very well. I raced mine solo open class B fleet (DPN>70) for 3 years and finished 1, 2, or 3 nearly every race, both elapsed and corrected. The boat is rock solid in big air and big seas, only pitched once in all that time, and points high as most board boats if sailed correctly. All SC17s are old and can be found cheap. The recent photos of broken SC hulls are caused by dragging boats up a beach and sanding through the bottom seam. Take care of it and it'll take care of you. If you add a squaretop with downhaul it will fly! This boat is a great boat for a big guy on a budget. It will eat Hobie 16s. In fact, if you ran over one you'd just keep going and never notice the impact. Arrrrgh! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />