Murph,

Hobie 16 is a performance craft. It will submarine and pitchpole regularly if you push it and or don't really know what you're doing. If you want a cat/hobie to get from a to b of that size you might want to consider a hobie getaway. No daggers or centerboard and pretty quick. I've owned many mono's and cats and the getaway is probably the easiest boat to rig, sail and maintain of all of them.