I saw a nearly new obviously unused Bimare 18HT for sale 3 weeks ago for $4k complete in Florida. Wow- I thought!
Bret Moss and Clive Mayo have been running their spin Marstrom A-cats in distance races using the Snail snuffer. Quite successful, I thought, whilst watching them disappear downwind in several Mug Races. Bret was 3rd 2 years ago in little air, being caught near the finish-- by Roberts' RC30. Not bad for an investment of about $30K.
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