This is a post from Dan L,who owned 3-41's
Bobby still owns the 36 molds. He stepped the original mold a couple of years ago but it didn't work very well. They need a new bottom. His company is Apache Performance Boats. He's grossly under financed and has had various investors over the years. Mark McManus started building the 41 in 87-88 through around the mid '90s.He still re-furbs boats and built a few 42's under his own name. That company is Apache Powerboats.He sold a set of 41 molds to Saber, but I belive Saber defaulted.
There is a 2nd set of usable molds, but its not my place to address their whereabouts or use. Around 100 41's were built. Bobby and Mark were both on thunderboat row originally, but Mark moved everything across the state to Ft Meyers. Mark built around 8 47 footers, maybe 4 pleasure and 4 full race. There was no deck mold for the 47 so he stretched the 41 deck over it and filled in the middle. There was an investment group that was going to revive the 41 under Heritage or New Era or something like that. They had a web site until recently. Century boats ended up with the 28 foot molds but I've never seen anything popped from them. The 22 Brave molds were for sale last year for $15000. The boat is very similar in length and freeboard to the 21 Team Shadows that run around up here. There are a few i/o's out there but alot had outboards hung in a well. I own 3 41's including a full race carbon fiber/kelvar boat. A few posts elsewhere on this board made a comparison to an Apache riding like an old convertible. Thats just bull. The boats are heavy and need to be driven to work well. Big engines with lots of torque and a good throttle hand gets a ride like no other boat. We just ran the outside from Ft Lauderdale to Miami and back 3-4 times last week and it just couldn't get any better. It you ever see one at the dock, lean on the deck or the gunnel. The boat does not move under your weight
Better Craig?
Bobby still owns the 36 molds. He stepped the original mold a couple of years ago but it didn't work very well. They need a new bottom. His company is Apache Performance Boats. He's grossly under financed and has had various investors over the years. Mark McManus started building the 41 in 87-88 through around the mid '90s.He still re-furbs boats and built a few 42's under his own name. That company is Apache Powerboats.He sold a set of 41 molds to Saber, but I belive Saber defaulted.
There is a 2nd set of usable molds, but its not my place to address their whereabouts or use. Around 100 41's were built. Bobby and Mark were both on thunderboat row originally, but Mark moved everything across the state to Ft Meyers. Mark built around 8 47 footers, maybe 4 pleasure and 4 full race. There was no deck mold for the 47 so he stretched the 41 deck over it and filled in the middle. There was an investment group that was going to revive the 41 under Heritage or New Era or something like that. They had a web site until recently. Century boats ended up with the 28 foot molds but I've never seen anything popped from them. The 22 Brave molds were for sale last year for $15000. The boat is very similar in length and freeboard to the 21 Team Shadows that run around up here. There are a few i/o's out there but alot had outboards hung in a well. I own 3 41's including a full race carbon fiber/kelvar boat. A few posts elsewhere on this board made a comparison to an Apache riding like an old convertible. Thats just bull. The boats are heavy and need to be driven to work well. Big engines with lots of torque and a good throttle hand gets a ride like no other boat. We just ran the outside from Ft Lauderdale to Miami and back 3-4 times last week and it just couldn't get any better. It you ever see one at the dock, lean on the deck or the gunnel. The boat does not move under your weight
Better Craig?
