BALLISTIC!!!!! :D


So let's line up a few gasoline tankers to rendezvous with us so that we can run it there from here. :p

Sadly it might point out something else too. NK

Do you guys think the boat would move if I cut another $20K off the asking price? I found a possible replacement with a full cabin, but will need 185-190 out of the Apache to get there. Any ideas?

Depends on how bad you want to move it. as everyone says it's a buyers market, and we are no different than anyone else as where we want to make as much on our boats as we can. If you have someone that has offered that amount and can prove it, then it may be worth it to let it go. It's a tough decision, i think about it all the time.

Me too. I don't know which way to go with this thing. One day I am keeping it and the next day I am going to let it go. I can't decide what to do. I love the boat, but some times it seems to me that it would be a shame to change it and make a full pleasure boat out of it. On the other hand it rides and handles extremely well and has plenty of room to add a cabin and expand the cockpit. Yes, no, yes, no, yes, no. I don't know. It seems that I change my mind daily. I just need some warm weather to get here so that I can go run it. That will make up my mind! At least until it gets cold again. :D

I'll make ya a sweet deal on my 41 ! :D :D

I will tell you the same thing that everybody tells me. Don't sell it. :D :D

Think we need to start a new ( AAC ) !

Apache Anonymous Club

Then all you poor soul's can counsel each other, so none of these Bad Boys ever get sold or put into un-caring hands. :D :drink:

Cougarman

Anything you do with the boat will only make the boat more spectacular. I like seeing the changes some boats have gone through over the years (like Wild's F2 and yours/LS's F2 TS) While some will argue that changing a race boat to a pleasure boat is sacrilegious; who is racing these boats as is anymore anyhow? Most of the current competing race boats are totally new school, and nothing like the machine this one is. I'd say convert it; and go WHOLE HOG on the process, and make it a spectacular Poker Run boat that EVERYONE wants to lay their eyes, on, and lay some of the styling back to the original race boat theme.

You guys need to hold on untill I get my 1997 42 Sonic sold. I am wanting to join the Apache club.:D Now the cats out of the bag.

David

That a boy David, you would be a good fit with the APACHE tribe. Hope all is well, Steve.

Hi, my name is Hot Duck and I'm an Apache-holic. :p :D

How does one join AA? Must one be an owner to be addicted?

Tom

May be we will have to start our own AA for non-owners................... We could then fued over the name :)

There's plenty of addicts that own nothing LOL.
So I would guess as long as your true to the tribe
and willing to fight your in.

You have read all the other fighting any time the ( A )
word is mentioned haven't ya? :drink:

Cougarman

Hey Bud,

I'll be your buddy sytem anytime ya feel your going to faulter and mess up. Just make that late night call when your about to buy that Sea Ray or anything else that ya think looks pretty. And will get ya through the day and keep ya in the APACHE !! :evilb: :drink:

Cougarman

I appreciate that and I will need it from time to time. I almost had to use you yesterday when Phil sent me a ton of pics of a Top Gun they just finished. A cabin, huge cockpit, Zuls, and over 100 mph on the first test run! :eek:

Cool,......................But how many people do you know with a 45' Apache ????

I hear they are rare ? :drink:

Cougarman

You've got me on that one. :cool:

:D Bet it doens't do 80 mph in the same water that you can do 80 mph in ?? :drink:

No disrespect to the cig guy's, there just not resin buckets:D

Cougarman

I'll bet it will do 80 in any water that I would WANT to do 80 in. :D There was a day when I would go out in any condition and beat the piss out of a boat and myself, but now I tend to pick my days. I like a nice rolling swell. I must be getting old.

If it makes you feel any better I have made a few calls this week about going through my engines and and bumping them to 1200hp. Nobody seems to want the boat so I figure that I will start the changes by increasing the horsepower. I want to be able to bust the 90mph mark no matter what fuel load I have. I don't know if 1200hp will do it or not, but I want to try it to see what happens. :D

Even though the weather feels more like winter, the calendar says that spring is here. That means it's time to get ready for summer! I took the boat up to Bay Perfomance to get it spruced up a little bit before the nice weather gets here. They are painting the bow and stern rails, buffing out the top deck, painting the drives and tabs, replacing the fuel fills with new ones that don't require a key, installing flush fuel vents, installing new bilge blower vents and tackling a few other odds and ends while it is there. I'll keep you all posted.

Oh yea, the engines. I called a bunch of places about going through them, but it looks like it will take a while to do it so that is a project that will more than likely have to wait until after the summer. I want to make them fuel injected 1200s. It seems that it takes quite a bit of time to not only rebuild the engines, but to map out the computer stuff on the dyno so that the fuel injection works properly. Everybody said it would take 6-8 weeks to turn them around between the work load they already have and the time that each of my engines would take. That would mean waiting until the middle of June to have the boat ready. Of course, with the way the weather has been it may be June before it gets any warmer!

Two days in and the top deck is finished. Here are a few before and after pictures. The bow rail and some of the hardware pieces are missing in the after pictures. They are being powder coated and will be back in 10 days or so. The bow rail is 23' long so it should be fun to powder coat and bake. That's gotta be a big oven! Here is the top deck before and after.

Here are some of the stickers before and after. The stickers were faded and were simply replaced. You can really see the difference in the area around the stickers in these pictures.

Here is the fairing before and after.

One more after picture. I'll post more as I get them.

Looks Great Will !!!!

That Boat Rocks !! :drink:

Cougarman

HOt DUCK!!! What a change! Looks great!!!!

Wow, looks alot better!!!

Looks great Will, I'm sending my dash panels out next week and should be ready to go in a few weeks. see if rob is ready and lets give the OC people a show...:D I would say memorial weekend but I'm sure you'll be swamped at the hotel. Glassdave did a superb job on the Tiger!!!

Looks Great Will...c-ya soon...:cool:

Marty

Looks Awesome--keep it

You are killing me Rob! :D Just trying to keep up with Sacred Ground! All of the parts are finally in, so I will have pictures of the finished product soon.

Hey Marty! Are you ready to go again this year?

Will - I don't know..all the "Big Dawgs" say we went too fast..couldn't keep up w/Pace Boat..??..I'm a Jersey Boyz Official...

Are they ready to go?? :eek: :D

*see the OC Safety Thread on the OPA Forum..stirring it up!

Hey Lucy - I do what I can..:D Augie's well...trying to get the "condo" back together for the season...

Hope things are good with you and Mark...

cheers! :drink:

i have a 45' oven lol......:evilb:

The boat is all loaded up and ready for Jacksonville! I never posted them, so here are a few pictures of the work done by Bay Performance.

The bow rail was red, but it is now powder coated white. They also installed new fuel fills and flush fuel vents.