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105Fountain

That's a serious triple engine Apache! Love that boat!

jeff32

Wish they were not that expensive!
would have one for sure!

frickstyle

Cost of entry one thing (purchase) Operating costs to run maintain over multiple years.... well....

Love it, long live the inboards!

bigmotor

This is such a harsh realisation for me !!!!!! I can finally afford to buy one, but I am petrified of the cost of major rebuild on the engines or the drives. I used to get by with a spare bravo 1 in the garage off craigslist for $1500 to $2500 . I just don't know what to expect from a #6 Drive boat. And #6 Props !! I'm not a "Drop it Off and fix it" budget !!!

tommymonza

Yep, don’t wanta be a Clifford .

F-2 Speedy

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maintaining two in a 41 would be plenty but trips in a 47....

87CigCafe

Work of art. Hope I can ride in an Apache someday!

jeff32

honnestly, my triple 500 scares many
but since moh on the 3 engines
i think i only had to change 2 fuel pumps besides regular oil and filters

but in fact, triple big hp and number 6 must require bigger surprise budget than mine!

offshoredrillin

the biggest issue with the "later" boats was the weight, they were all built super heavy and they had to throw big power in them. (spirit of Apache was 26k lbs plus, firewater pleasure 47 was 28k lbs, Firewater 41 was about 16k from what i was told) the tech for engines now is light years ahead of where it was then, but then you get into the cost of a full rerig, similar to retro modding a muscle car. I am not a fan of the deck design on the commanches, i like the flat race deck style. even changing the blowers over to fuel injection would make it much more reasonable to run and operate. When Quick tempered 47 was converted to stagger twins, they ran 117 with 1100 Sterlings and put the boat on a diet.