Originally Posted by Dunarunner (Post 2739290)

Apache 54 "Cold War" Fort Myers October 08.

Originally Posted by rbr2328 (Post 2337152)

Ask anyone that's ridden in an epoxy boat the ride is harsh.

Originally Posted by MegaByte*3 (Post 2337485)

I stopped by to see Mark this evening and he gave me look at the new boat. I am awestruck.

The Kevlar portion is completed and he layed in all the carbon fiber today. Fifty one feet of black carbon fiber, shiny from the resin curing is an f'n incredible sight. There's almost six digits worth of carbon fiber that went in to the mold today. Stringers go in tomorrow. The stringers I saw today are rigid structural foam. Pretty neat stuff. As already mentioned, Mark is using a great deal of high tech materials to build this one. He expects to save a great deal of weight in the process.

An interesting thought occurred to me while driving home; when this boat comes out of the mold each of our Apaches becomes a little bit more valuable. As the new one gets finished, our boats become incrementally more valuable. I am certainly biased on this topic, but as was mentioned in another thread, we can be thankful that he has not been pumping out an inferior product, i.e. Bayliners, for the last ten years and subsequently eroding the value of our boats. This one can only serve to enhance the image and value of the Apache brand. We all benefit from that.

Tom

Originally Posted by Panther (Post 2667403)

That's a big sumbich! :cool:

Not a big fan of the winshield though.