NAVY 44's
Joe
Wayne.B
High bid so far is $23,600. I've raced against these boats a number
of times and they are well maintained. That's a heck of a good price
for a race equipped blue water boat. Only a few days left.
Joe
> On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:24:12 -0800 (PST), Joe
>
> >3 for auction
> >http://gsaauctions.gov/gsaauctions/aucitsrh/
>
> > Could be a nice find in Annapolis.
>
> High bid so far is $23,600. I've raced against these boats a number
> of times and they are well maintained. That's a heck of a good price
> for a race equipped blue water boat. Only a few days left.
It will be interesting to see what they sell for.
Other govt surplus boats have been down, the 50ft utility boats are
way down in price.
So...when you raced against the Navy did they kick your ass?
I wonder what the 44's have been replaced with, any ideal?
Joe
Wayne.B
<steelr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> So...when you raced against the Navy did they kick your ass?
>
>I wonder what the 44's have been replaced with, any ideal?
Not sure what the replacement boats are but I could find out. We know
the fellow who is the contact person for the auction boats, been on
our boat at the Key West regatta a number of times.
The USNA 44s were not usually at the top of the fleet standings in big
boat competition like the Newport-Bermuda race, which is where I
usually saw them back in the 90s. The navy views them as a training
and team/leadership building program as opposed to being a top notch
racing effort which is a much more expensive proposition.