Apache pics!!!!!
07-17-2009 | 07:28 AM
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I am looking for a photo I used to use as my computer background for years but cannot find it now. It was a shot of the banner boat from the rear 3/4 qtr view with the whole boat flying through the air after hitting a huge wave. Everyone on board was in full race gear. If anyone has this photo in good quality so I can use as a background please e-mail it to me [email protected] or post in this thread.
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07-17-2009 | 09:34 AM
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From: Elkton, MD
I'm somewhere in the middle on your thinking.... Adding 150 to the stern of an Apache that weighs between 10K and 13K lbs isn't going to make much of a difference. What will make a noticable difference is adding that 150 lbs to the bow. IE the forward bow tank or as in pleasure version Apaches with cabin liners.... They don't run well with the forward tank full in calm water but they do run well with it full in rough water.
As far as dialing-in, my buddy spent a boat-load of money having the CG of his 36' Skater race boat dialed in so the boat could run its fastest with neutral trim in varying water conditions (balanced)... Funny thing....they just happened to have won the world championship that year.
There are a lot of Apaches out there that would benefit from some CG work.
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08-29-2009 | 08:55 PM
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09-02-2009 | 02:16 PM
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How about some pics-of-pics? 
Some pics I ordered, came in yesterday....Just an average day in Jersey... sorry for the quality, it's my cell phone picture of a picture...
It was over a month ago coming home in 2-3's with a 20 mph head-wind, we were cruising at 60 mph...
the girls (my wife and her cousin) had some pretty knotty hair that evening!!
Some pics I ordered, came in yesterday....Just an average day in Jersey... sorry for the quality, it's my cell phone picture of a picture...
It was over a month ago coming home in 2-3's with a 20 mph head-wind, we were cruising at 60 mph...
the girls (my wife and her cousin) had some pretty knotty hair that evening!!
