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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stumpalump" data-source="post: 435452" data-attributes="member: 13140">Guessing your local Craigslist is Dallas I searched all Boats then typed aluminum. Besides the usual crop of folks wanting to dump boats with old Mercury hanging on them there was not much. What craigslist do you use?  I like 16' because you can run all the same creeks and pull it over logs as you can in a 14. They just don't feel much bigger in in the skinny water but feel huge once you throw a kid, cooler and dog on board. Just sayin but don't pass on either. In fact the one boat I did like on Craig's was a 14' with a 9.9. Great engine that will push a 14. Buy a Harbor freight compression tester for any used engine and ask about titles before you look. https://dallas.craigslist.org/sdf/boa/6121553708.htmlA 14 will have you barking to have the kids sit down more often. You will be constantly sliding coolers and gas tanks to balance weight compaired to a 16. Good can be said for a 14 as well. Cost and smaller and lighter motor that you can take off and toss in the shed real easy.</blockquote>