Geronimo36
Charter Member
thanks for the answer,,, at least the answer wasn,t,,, some guy standing alone in a field ,,looking at the ground..lololo one thing about the internet if you dont know the real answer, you can make some sh1t up,,that guy amazies me,?:USA:
Yeah, it's amazing how there's "no room for truth on the internet."
The original question was where did the name of the company come from...
The answer..and oar company.
Jack, Your information is incorrect......
When Bobby was building the Squadron for Kilpatrick they needed to name the boat. Kilpatrick was half Irish, half Indian and was also a prized fighter. Bobby came up with two names; "Apache" and "Raging Bull"... Apache was choosen because Bobby thought the Apaches (Geronimo) were fierce fighters and a few other reasons. So they settled on Apache and went racing...
Shortly afterwards Bobby started Apache, taking his idea from the Kilpatrick Squadron...:seeya:
Then Bobby came up with the "nickel" logo. He had the $5 coin in his desk and thought it would be a cool design for a boat company so he modified the coin, Gail Paik did the lettering etc. Matter of fact, the first "Nickels" said Apache Boats. Only a few of those logo's were ever made. Apache Powerboats in the logo was later....
Then Jack Kramer worked with Bobby to get it trademarked. When they submitted the logo to the TM Office it was rejected at first because they found out there was a wooden oar company that was using a similarly designed logo. Bobby's design was similar to the oar company but it was not taken from it.
A letter was sent to oar company asking if they could have permission to use Bobby's logo for the company. The oar company said; "We make wooden oars not powerboats so go ahead!"
The TM was approved and the rest is history.:driving:
Hopefully I captured all the details. Bobby tells the story much better than I can, obvisouly because he was there and did it!!! :USA: