OldNick,

Which designs are you referring to?

The hartley is indeed a nice looking boat, but I'm continuing to
swing in the lap lap/ply direction.

As far as buying a used boat of the common local type - I enjoy
building. I'm not trying to build a cheap boat or anything along those
lines - I'm on my third boat now and this will be the fourth. The
process of boat building is where I find my "happy place"!

Thanks for the comments guys - keep them coming!

Further refinement - I can go up in LWL to about 18'. Willing to go as
high as 2000 lbs displacement. Eun Mara, Wee Seal are both front
runners right now.

Thanks!