a 50 ol won't handle the rough stuff as well :)
what would you want to be in when real ocean 8 to 10 footer's come along cruising at 90 mph ?

"" APACHE"""

been there, done that http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2Y3IBxTKrs Myself and John Arruda. We ran two more laps after this but our navigator was to scared and begged us to stop. We had to listen because it was Haggins wife at the time

Nothing, and I repeat, NOTHING is going 90 in real 8-10s with the exception of Maybe a 46 Skater or 50 MTI/Mystic running the last day of KW letting it all hangout lol



Awesome project, good luck boys

I'd want to be bellied up at the bar:evilb:

The year I was turn boat in Patchogue I drove my boat from Sandy Hook, NJ to Fire Island Inlet, NY in an 8-10 ft. ground swell. Long trip, was happy to get in the inlet after 1 1/2 hrs running, lots of concentration! Good thing it was a swell, it wouldn't pound you but you had to pay attention to GPS at all times not to drift out to the horizon into the swells. :poopoo:

An apache would not have done that:)

what caused the white smoke? water on turbine exhaust?

That was Scotty B first time steering a step bottom boat.
After that race we made him a throttle man lol. The rest is history.

Nice Apache. The none stepped hull will never be faster then the OL 51, Regardless of the extra power.
God luck with the test.

It was water in the engine intake. The boat spun at 100+, and went backwards for a short while before coming to a rest.
The rear vents whee open for air, and the water flooded out one engine.
We fired it back up and continued.

Back in the 98-99ish time while a friend kept his 42 cig at American Offshore in Dania, I thought I remember a turbine Apache there. J Arruda we met there , though I doubt if you would remember me, your Comanche was there too. Is this that Apache if that boat was a Apache. John, do you remember that boat on a rack trailer? Joe the truck driver for Zen took it somewhere, I always wondered where.