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Geronimo36
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Nice....he designed and prototyped???? pfftt... lol
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Comanche3Six
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McManus........He is the best!
Geronimo36
Charter Member
look who's back!
do you know how to use a hose on exhaust pipes?
do you know how to use a hose on exhaust pipes?
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Comanche3Six
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????
Offshoredrillin
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lol, both the boats portrayed were original Apache designs, not McManus super boats. Tatonka is original, and spirit is an original hull with a redone deck.
Sean Stinson
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McManus worked for Aronow who stretched the Squadron to 41 and sold it to Kramer along with McManus......read the other threads it is all in the history in one of many different threads......
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Comanche3Six
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I had that completely backwards. I thought new hull and original deck.
Offshoredrillin
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actually they are both original, just some slight mods to the deck to "make" it a "new" design
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Comanche3Six
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I have to give Guardado a lot of credit for that paint......Beautiful!
fund razor
Founding Member
I love McManus.
Anybody with a $200,000 1991 28 foot Brave is ok in my book.
Helps offset the people who get into circumstances that make them dump them for pennies on the dollar.
Anybody with a $200,000 1991 28 foot Brave is ok in my book.
Helps offset the people who get into circumstances that make them dump them for pennies on the dollar.
Thunderman
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Spirit of Apache has a good case, for being the best 47 ever.
fund razor
Founding Member
Depends who's driving.
Offshoredrillin
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I agree, once the boats are in the water,you couldnt go wrong with either. As some experienced around here last wknd, once you go above 41/42, trailering, docking, parking becomes a job, not just pulling in with a boat. I take my 42 out by myself and run the waves, can dock it and load it by myself, I'm sure it can be done with a 47 as long as no current, but alos some of the marinas around don't have spots for you as all the big ones are usually filled with slipholders. but I'm going to try
I just have a dream to redo a 47.I suppose that depends on your perspective. I think they ruined the prettiest paint scheme ever to be put on an Apache when they redid that boat. The previous interior was spartan, but loading it with CNC cut logos in billet a la Cigarette wasn't my cup of tea either. Nonetheless, alot of workmanship and $$ went into it ind if that's what the owner wanted, he definitely got it.
As far as the 41/47 thing, as was said it's a completely different world. Triples are very expensive and the only thing worse is trying to do the job with monster twins. Using engines with sub-hundred hour rebuild intervals gets nuts real quick. And in many respects the 47 is almost boring. The 41 mashes through just about everything so getting the 47 up and out is going to happen infrequently unless you live arount Pt. Pleasant.
Also, it's a completely different lifestyle. You have to have a hauler, good luck finding a ramp long enough, etc, etc.
Having said all that the boat still remains on the top of my list.
Those that have spent numerous hours in both will tell you that the 47 is one of the best boats in that size range, but that the 41 is pure magic. Nothing else compares.
I've had several people on 3 different Apache 41's for the first time this summer that told me the same thing. "I've been on just about everything and I've heard plenty about this Apache thing. But you have to do it to understand it".
Thunderman
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