Hey basscat247, I have a P3 (might be the 2000 you’re looking at since mine is currently for sale) and have a friend with a P2. Both are great boats and well built as you’d expect any BassCat to be. The P3 is definitely a bigger/deeper boat than the P2 and has all fiberglass construction. BassCat made the P3 for big water and it has a deeper V to really cut waves and large gas tanks to travel long distances. It is a heavy boat (especially with loaded gas tanks and livewells – which are huge) so you often heard stories of people having difficulty getting them out of the hole with the older engines like the 2.5 L Merc EFI. The 3.0 L Mercs and newer engines don’t have near the same difficulty. Let me know if you have any other questions.