Great Recent Video of Broken Arrow
 

http://www.***************.com/video.../#.T1DHa4cgfYI

Tommy rides along on a quick 10 minute run in 4~6 ft seas from Port Everglades and back in Ft. Lauderdale.

The old Apache shows how to get it done...truth ...fact...and real.

Notice the TOTAL absence of other boats out. I would be curious to see how the Cats would handle that water...I wonder??

Enjoy!!!

Skip the first 3-1/2 minutes, But that's friggin awesome!!!
The guy in the middle took a beating at 7:20. :eek:
:cool:

That's Tommy from Chief in the midddle. Look like a fun ride......

Nice video, looks about the same as the ride on a flat day in the 24:lolhit:

No workee?

We can only dream...

Yeah ...Tommy was stretched out on that right ankle when she came down hard...bad timing. He's a tough one...I remember taking him across Biscayne Bay to Elliott Key in my old F-18 Formula running 40 in a nasty a$$ thunderstorm when he was a kid...he never flinched.

That's Tommy from Chief Engines / ***************...Looks like he may have twisted his ankle. Handled it like a champ, "keep going, I'm fine!" :drink:

Cool video! Looks like they were having a lot of fun.

(Eidt: I didn't see Robert's post....Did he actually break his ankle? OUCH!)

Nice APACHE........ Ouch on the ankle........

Another in KEY WEST
http://www.***************.com/video...ow-in-keywest/

Thanks.
It definitely looked like that would have hurt for a while.

An Apache Powerboat cutting through the rough stuff! Excellent!

in that type of they should no what they should have on






PFD :)


great video thow

The Chief power sounded smoooooooth!

Great vid of an awesome wave crusher.

As long as you are in the bolsters you are fine. When you start moving around in the cockpit...you are no longer part of the boat and Newton's First Law of Motion will prevail it's self upon you!!!

Notice how comfortable the young girl is.

Ask Tommy ...Newton's law prevailed it's self upon his right ankle!!!:poopoo:

DOH!! sorry...didn't know...If he is anything like Tommy was as a kid...he is BUSY. Tommy had 2 speeds...asleep and wide open!!

Had to watch that video again, awesome Apache!

I know...me too. It tells the story in it's purest form...true OFFSHORE power boating...in the raw!!!

I have seen "Broken Arrow" in person once and can tell you that pictures don't do it justice. The rigging and arrangement that Tommy and his crew at Chief accomplished on that boat defies description. It is as perfect as a boat can be. Tom Sr. and I were talking about the history and he said that "Apaches are the '57 Chevy s of the Powerboat world...the basis of comparison"....couldn't have said it better.

It really takes me back to the days in the '80's when I used to have lunch a couple of days out of the week at Ft. Apache on NE 188th Street...and watch the who's who of Power Boating sit at the bar planing God only know what.

Those were great times. I'm reading "Mid Ocean" by Ralph Cimino...a great read. If you are an Apache fan you will love his reference to "Indian" powerboats though out the book.

Though I have YET to own one...I think that Apache marks the pinnacle of the conventional Deep V offshore powerboat.

Yes, that's true