Just found this website:
http://www.surfcitycatamarans.com/GeltekFlyer2.html The CURRENT Gel-Tek Flyer Two, as used by Glenn Ashby there selling sail-away for 25,999.
My history is in OTB monohulls and keelboats, and my interest in prices is i'm looking to move onto something faster. A dual purpose boat that I can sail by myself or with a crew really suits me.
I also work in the marine industry mainly retail but I regular consult with clients about fit outs and upgrades so I’d like to think I know what products are out there pretty well. I also echo what Wouter has to say, I don't think there’s a perfect brand. I really like harken they have some cool stuff like the tie-lite blocks, but ronstans catching up. Harken is by far the most expensive the cheapest way for me to buy it is from the US. Believe it or not this is actually cheaper than the Australian wholesale. But there are cheaper ways that work just as well they just might not be black and cool looking! I love the ronstan series 19 traveller systems there so cheap! if you want a compact ball bearing block for purchase systems and control line then riley have some great small BB blocks and there lighter and much cheaper than the harken 16mm blocks. We have a local manufacture of spectra lines in Australia (Whitam Ropes) there 3mm and 4mm Spectra with a polyester casing is cheap, strong and really low stretch. We sell the 3mm for $1 per meter and the 4mm $1.8. The ronstan distributed FSE is only slightly more expensive and has a UV stable core so it can be tapered. For out hauls, purchase systems, halyard things that won't be cleated directly I love the Liros Dyneema Pro. Its $1.8 for 3mm, has a breaking load around 600kg, and 3% stretch. It’s really easy to splice eyes in, the 4mm is only slightly more expensive.
To add another rumor to the mill, I heard that AHPC were trying to move away from the Taipans. I heard that only a few years ago they destroyed there 5.9 mould. If I was them and I wanted to sell my new F18 capricorns it would make sense to offer the taipan at an increased price.
