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1974 Stinger by Ben Apia



Rick Neilson : Ben Apia's Tiny Bubbles,
Tracks magazine November 1974 # 50, page 45.

1974 Ben Apia (Hawaii) design characterized by...
- flyers/wings set 2/3 rds back from the nose
See 442 by Hap Jacobs,1962.
- a swallow tail.
- early models featured a stepped bottom  at the flyers, not found on most copies.
See Hydroplane by John Kelly Jr., 1965)
1975 Scott Dillon 
Stinger 6 ft 8" 
#43

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