One suggestion I would make is to buy a used Taipan and use that as a base for you to build your F16. The hulls are one part of the whole package, and there are a lot of motivated sellers at the moment who have left or planning to leave Singapore and need to offload their boats.
Using this method you can learn how the platform works, how it all fits together, and then optimise your F16 with new hulls. Plus once you have finished your hulls, then you have the rest of the boat readily available. It may actually be cheaper, depending on the deal you make, to buy and build your F16 this way as opposed to buying all the parts and importing in seperately.
Getting a new mast in and buying all the blocks and ropes and sails can certainly add in costs quickly.
I am also in Singapore (sail the A-Cat and a Moth), but involved with Taipans for a very long time and F16s, so have a few ideas here.
