While loading my 14 Turbo the other day I was approached by a guy who said he had something I might be interested in. He said he had a Hobie 16 that he was selling for a friend of his for $600 and wanted to know if I was interested. He went on to tell me it has two complete sets of sails and was on a good trailer. Yes, I was a bit wary and figured it was going to be an ancient 16 in really poor shape. As it turned out the boat looks great, tramp needs hiking straps sewn back on and also needs a hiking stick but other then that I couldn't find any faults with the boat. From the serial number on the hull it's an 85. I need to know if that year boat had any major design flaws, etc etc. I'm thinking worse comes to worse I ebay the extra sails and sell the boat minus trailer after I complete my Condor that's in my back yard. Any and all input is welcome. Thanks for you input.