wanted to show this thread to the young guy running my boat transport company.

both our boat have an upper deck where the captain and mate sit while running the boat. There is an insane amount of floating debris here so it gives them a much better view of what’s in front of the boat and two extra seats for clients. The left front leg has beaten the crap out of the side of the boat and not sure how the marina intends to make a repair that will hold up long term we will see

the answer I was looking for was to slow the f down lol.

Didn't you always answer threads here "get an Apache"? :party-smiley-004:

prolly lol. but you can’t fit 42 idiots on an Apache.
I wanted to buy allez vite when it was up for sale but couldn’t get a property sold before someone stopped up and boat allez Vite that’s one of my favs. That boat is really set up well and runs hard.

I started one thread saying I was looking for a little 41 Apache runabout lol. And another as a blow boater wanting to give the power boat thing a try and thought I should start out with a 41 Apache lmao.

I agree, he used to run that boat in West Michigan during the summer and it was a dream to own someday.

Joe

My 1967 Nova 24 race boat has been kicking around for 56 years and no hull damage. 😎

the boats they make in Colombia are crap. Not much fiberglass cloth. Mostly mat. They work on them 8 hours a day so the things are piece meal. They are also 18 degree hulls the trim gets are crap and not good wood inside the transom. We had a 30 foot boat built for our Tolu to the island route and in two year the transom wood is being replaced as is soggy crap now. But a 42 passenger boat with all the seating the upper deck for the captain and mate are under 100 k with no power so you get what you pay for. There are no better options and I don’t think they have a handle on rigging I/O boats. I wanted to build one with diesels and surface drives like simplicity drives they flat out refused domain nooe outboard which the pair of 300 Yamahas we run like the lower units way to often
we will finish construction some time early next year. I am looking at the oxe 200s with a blower belt to drive the prop shaft no gears to blow up. The 200s have a bmw inline 4cyl turbo diesel which makes a little more torque than our Yamahas and burn 60% less fuel I have an issue with one of our captains running g the boat to hard in the small area right out side Cartagena on the way to the island that has some big waves. I want him to slow down and baby the boat yhrough there on really rough days.

your boat is a super well built resin bucket brother. They last forever