Fort Apache

[xlr8by]

Anyone have good pictures of the Fort in its glory and any shots of the race boats being rigged? Anyone actually keep their apache or any other boat there? I know that the site and street are now condos and townhouses, but is there a reason why all the boat builders left?

 

[erierunnin]

I think J-Bonz posted some in another Thread

 

[Dude! Sweet!]

My favorite pic of Ft Apache... :sifone:

 

[Bobcat]

Anyone have good pictures of the Fort in its glory and any shots of the race boats being rigged? Anyone actually keep their apache or any other boat there? I know that the site and street are now condos and townhouses, but is there a reason why all the boat builders left?

they changed the zoning laws and basically booted everyone out to make the worlds ugliest condo

 

[MarylandMark]

Selling land for condos pays a tad better than building boats does

 

[Geronimo36]

It sure does and it becomes one less place for us to store our boats... Then add all the new environmental regulations and it becomes even tougher to run the buisness on that valuable realestate.

Aren't a lot of these places zoned commercial, how do they just all the sudden go residential?

 

[phragle]

simple answer... $$$$$$$

 

[J-Bonz]

I think J-Bonz posted some in another Thread

Here's a few I a have posted before...

 

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[Offshore Ginger]

There was a special on the learning channel at one time and it was all about Fort Apache and Bennini..... and i think you all know who im talkin about and i have seen it, more then once over the years .

 

[inbetween]

this is all I have

 

[xlr8by]

WOW great photos guys! Must have been awesome to be there back in the day. What is that huge red boat with surface drives?

 

[J-Bonz]

I beleive it is an Aronow... I will have to dig out some old mags to find the ads that it was in
Jr.

 

[Expensive Date]

Great pictures

 

[cosmic12]

Thanks for the pics they are awsome. I have some but can't find'm from when I was there just before it disapeared mid 90s. I still have a white polo shirt with the logo embroidered on it that is all worn out and unwearable but will never part with it.
Spent a few hours there with Richie Powers giving me a tour and history lesson that I will never forget and I am so glad I did looking back on it. The Apache factory building was still there and the old Cig building. So glad I saw it all before the end and had no idea of what was to come. The history that was lost, sad so very sad.

 

[HiPerf2000]

WOW great photos guys! Must have been awesome to be there back in the day. What is that huge red boat with surface drives?

37 Aronow. there used to be one at our marina a few years back........

 

[wstultz]

I believe it is a 47. Sweet boats. There is one on Boattrader right now for $79,000.

 

[xlr8by]

Very cool thanks for the info on the Aronow...Was Fort Apache where the actual race boats were built and rigged? Back in the day would you see the team testing as you were sitting at the bar area? The whole place sounds like the ultimate place for a race boat fan.