Anybody....

Trim makes a lot of difference, it controls the attitude of the boat as it enters the air. Gravity and inertia take over from there.

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. :ernaehrung004:

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. :ernaehrung004:

There are a lot of Apaches out there that would benefit from some CG work.

Can we get back to the pics................. :)

Not enough 28's in this thread

How about some video then? :drink: 2:15 ;)

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExbZfhvYlsA[/YOUTUBE]

No Doubt about 2:15!!!!! That was awsome!! That demands respect there!! I love it!
Jr.

thanks a bunch for the compliment! :drink:

That pic from Cleveland bud ?

Yup, back from the National day's...................

How about some pics-of-pics? :lolhit:

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 more Apache video from this past weekend;
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vofV-CHlSPc[/YOUTUBE]

HEY PANTHER Great Video Looks Like Fun Are You Heading To Keywest For The WorldS? I Just Booked The Fpc With My 41 Apache( Tatonka )look Me Up I'll Be In Key West We'll Go For Ride.

Mike

Mike,

I'd love to go and thanks for the offer but work has me up to my ears in chit right now! Gotta keep the skids greased if ya know what I mean!

On a side note, the boat is winterized and I'm already starting on my winter projects!

Frank

Cheeche !!!

You don't necessarily have to bring the Apache....

:party-smiley-004: Ha ! Tink about meng...

Fascia Brutto que'

Hey Frank,
If You Change Your Mind You As Owner Of The Baddest Boat Ever Build Has An Open Invite On (TATONKA) And You Will See How Much Differnt From A 36 To A 41 Is It So Crazy, Well Talk To You Soon And Good Luck With Your Winter Project

Mike D.

You guys are making me jealous. I was hoping to come down from Ft. Lauderdale on a friends Silverton but not sure if he can swing it now. My kitchen pass from the wife is still good and I got some southwest airlines tickets burning a hole in my pocket that expire at the end of the year. I suppose I just have to justify it to myself and see if my work load slows down by then

Kidds, just out of curiousity how fast do you guys run when you are out "cruisin."

That is a long haul to tow down from st. louis but 55mph cruise in my slow apache would be a hell of a lot more fun than 18 knots in a silverton LOL.

No worries Mike, I've been on the 41' and there's no doubt it's a better ridding boat. It's 5' longer! :grinser010:

We live within our means! Have fun down there!!!

Hey Baywatch,

41 Apache Cruising 60-75 In My 36 Apache 50-60 Both BOAT, Cocktail In Hand And Just Enjoying The Ride You Know What I Mean. I Do A.c. From My House In My 41 About In 10-15 Min Inlet To Inlet. GO TO KEY WEST THIS YEAR THEIRS GONNA BE ALOT OF APACHES THERE.

GOOD TALKING
MIKE

Team Prime

Nice COMANCHE.

LOL, I was thinking the same thing

Here's another.

I Think I Saw That Commache In Key About Ten Yaers Ago When It Was First Build,if I'm Right, It Had Triple 900 And #6. It Was A Awesome Boat Then And Probably Is Now.

Mike

Pretty sure it's currently derigged and unused for the last 5-7 yrs in south Jersey. Slingshot on her owns it I believe?

Could have been a different one, I don't follow the Comanche's much.

Found an old thread on it...
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/g...e-project.html

I had the boat since 2002 and sold it in 2007 I hear it was resold to someone in Italy

Thanks for the update. How have you been?

Might be time to re-coat my swim platform again!

been good seen better days lol.....let me know what you need :evilb:

ultimate warrior retuns

That looks like the 41 Geronimo. The reason I say that is because it has the Innovation Marine sticker on the engine hatch and a similar paint scheme. There was a picture of it in the engine shop at Innovation Marine.

Name Correction
 

The name of the boat was Bull Roar - Built for the owner of the Battered Bull, a 172' Feadship. A super tricked out 36 with 800 SC, sat nav, electric wet bat, windlass... and a whole lot more!

28 brave
 

added hydraulic steering this year.. Night and day !!!! I cant believe that this boat never had hydraulic steering all this time.. Its a 89.
http://i33.tinypic.com/2qxnsdv.jpg
http://i37.tinypic.com/118k2a9.jpg
http://i34.tinypic.com/ak7bxy.jpg
http://i36.tinypic.com/2500z2b.jpg

Nice! What kind of power/speed?

28 brave
 

502 efi... running 26p hydromotive 4 blades.. I have not used a gps ,just the pitot tube speed-o 75 on that .

300% improvement with the stteering. The swim platform was pink , thats why it was off while I did the gimble repair(first pic), is white now , much better.love the boat.. want 10 mph now that I can steer

is mark still building thes boats and where can i get a nice 47 to race

what ever happend to the only remaining 45 thats still out there. last i seen of it, it was docked in saugatuck mi.

u mean kid apache?

warlock4447-

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