I grew up in SWFL, making trips to South FL regularly to watch these races, to Sarasota, the East Coast of FL, since I was a kid (I'm 48). Watching the Apache's, Kramer, Saccenti, McManus run these boats has always been my absolute favorite. This particular boat has been a dream of mine to just take a ride on. The narrator nailed it at the end, "there are newer, faster, easier to run boats today, but this is a floating museum, a homage to powerboating's golden age. In one word, Perfect" is the absolute truth. I saw Lorne running into to Haulover about a year ago, I was headed out and that was the closest I've ever been to this 47. It was like looking at your childhood hero. Even better in person, and the way she sounds. Just magnificent. Thanks for sharing this video!
@longtime23919 күн бұрын
I AGREE. This Brought Back Some Memories 🤘
@TonyLawrinson2 ай бұрын
Listening to those 3 engines run together was like music I can only imagine what it must have been like on a good run out throttles wide open , wow !!
@vehiculemagazine2 ай бұрын
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@gregoryfranks73472 ай бұрын
I'm from MD and grew up going to Ocean City every summer and I made it my mission to spot my 2 favorite boats that I saw every year on or around the White Marlin Open they held every year to this date. Two Apache boats JENNY'S EXPRESS and the ULTIMATE WARRIOR. being a teen and still today getting the Motorboat &sailing magazine. I still have the issue from '87 when a Cigarette Top Gun broke 90mph a world record so I've always been a Cigarette fan and they were to only boats that could even come close to handling the seas an Apache could. I love these videos on your channel. They bring back awesome memories from childhood. Keep up the great work! Cheers
@vehiculemagazine2 ай бұрын
awesome! glad you like it. check out vehicule-magazine.com for more
@randyscott33864 күн бұрын
The still print Motorboating and Sailing magazine ? My Dad got that back in the 80's . Along with Golf Digest .
@gregoryfranks73474 күн бұрын
@@randyscott3386 no i have the original issue when a top gun broke 90mph. its was fastest v hull record. actually i think they still do have that mag currently
@randyscott33862 күн бұрын
@@gregoryfranks7347 We had a 32 foot houseboat , The Westwind was on Sat. Mornings , Jaws and The Deep were in the theaters , everyone was learning to scuba dive , We moved the houseboat from my uncles dock , to a boring public marina , and on to a bigger public marina , then onto a crazy country club marina ,. Motor Boating & Sailing was there as sort of a guide thru all of it along with all the other stuff . Dad was more Golf Digest , I always snagged Motor Boatting & Sailing as soon as it showed up ! Hang onto yours I wish we still had ours . Happy Holidays !
@gregoryfranks7347Күн бұрын
@randyscott3386 that's great. Youve got a great memory. I can remember every week wait until Friday for that new episode of Miami Vice I watched everyone. That's what got me interested in the whole boats and I started to do a little research and found that cigarette was the brand of choice for me. As I got a little bit older I started to be able to go and watch some of the boat races here on the East Coast around Maryland and fell in love with skater boats as well. There was alcone Motorsports they were my guys Jerry gilbreath and Matt alcone that's back when it was called Douglas skater not just skater LOL great story thank you very much I enjoyed that wonderful holiday wishes to you as well. Cheers
@sublime9299 күн бұрын
She's stunning, the boat isnt bad either.
@tngtacticalmiata12193 күн бұрын
Yeah, no kidding....
@WizardOfWhoopeeАй бұрын
Narrator is correct at the end. There are newer faster better nowadays but none are Legendary. I'm lucky I have one.
Just finished the Video wow. RESPECT. Im Blown Away
@vehiculemagazine2 ай бұрын
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@RHJ36 күн бұрын
Always loved this boat! Man what a showpiece!
@DerUnbbekanteАй бұрын
To be honest, I don't want to know how much money it costs to restore such a boat to yesterday's sesifications, but regardless if it is a 30 year old grocery getter or a powerboat, keeping such machines alive in there original conditions preserves the spirit of the people who created such machines.
@falcon035110 күн бұрын
Man that thing sounds sick.Love from Australia 🇦🇺
@CaptainjackSparrow-z2bАй бұрын
I had a 36 and boy that baby could ride Ruff water, one time I had 4,000 lbs of fish in 5 ,6 ft sea's from the Bahamas love that boat
@vehiculemagazineАй бұрын
✔️
@ultraviolet986323 күн бұрын
great story. thanks for creating this doc.
@vehiculemagazine23 күн бұрын
🏆🏆🏆🏆
@vicbittertoo26 күн бұрын
Wow, what a LEGEND !!, one thing I noticed was no drive showers, surely those drives would heat up badly ??, had bravo x drives on my old boat with 496 cube motors and that totally cooked the mineral oil to black in a few hours, fitted the showers, used redline 320 heavy shockproof oil and no dramas, totally silent gear shifts :)
@vehiculemagazine25 күн бұрын
be sure to read vehicule-magazine.com
@jamesdow913711 күн бұрын
Big difference from bravos to a 3A and 5’s.
@ThebigShrimpy2 ай бұрын
Love your channel!!! There was a yellow 41' around Galveston Texas in the late 80's early 90's. Absolutely astounding boat. Do you know who owns the Apache molds today? I thought i read at one time McManus had possession.
@vehiculemagazine2 ай бұрын
Very cool!
@vehiculemagazine2 ай бұрын
also check out our print edition vehicule-magazine.com
@ztwntyn8Ай бұрын
That’s an awesome boat. I remember back when there were three and four engines. Love the middle drive is lower. Just a great boat. Hilborn injection on alky no doubt wow a great boat
@vehiculemagazineАй бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@williesweetjr87132 күн бұрын
It took an insane amount of money to create this boat. It took even more for the two owners to maintain this craft in the condition it was built in. They should be commended for recognizing and maintaining this iconic boats impact in the motorsports world.
@vehiculemagazine2 күн бұрын
it tool us two 4 years coving it
@michaelgavin45687 күн бұрын
Bad ass hearing those engines rumble!!
@adamthiemann308428 күн бұрын
What a beautiful machine
@vehiculemagazine28 күн бұрын
It sure is!
@tacticalofficer61037 күн бұрын
Sterling Motors Yessssssss !!!!!▪
@robertlamorte70792 ай бұрын
What happened with the cracked hull?
@vehiculemagazine2 ай бұрын
is that a trick question? or all you read some where
@nunyabizznizz73262 ай бұрын
i have pictures of it....
@LivingOnCash29 күн бұрын
It was repaired and is running again.
@jamesdow913711 күн бұрын
Can see the repair area at 12:00
@waterworldofficial2 ай бұрын
you guys rock
@vehiculemagazine2 ай бұрын
thanks! more here vehicule-magazine.com
@gatorsaw331510 күн бұрын
I know where the old Don Johnson race hull is in Florida.. Its sitting in a field doing nothing
@roberthawxhurst3717Ай бұрын
Like to know just how far the "restoration" was as far as replacing the 47s plywood, stringers, transome etc....... Hard to believe the "original" gellcoat and art-work stayed pristine over decades and world wide travels. I attended the KS&W Offshore Race Team Sal Magluta and Willy Falcon Federal Auction at St Augustine and still have a some of the seized inventory. I think they sold 19 boats...
@vehiculemagazineАй бұрын
guess you will have to read all about it vehicule-magazine.com
@richardcarter34062 ай бұрын
Free Ben Kramer!!
@vehiculemagazine2 ай бұрын
yes!
@johnmurray9526Ай бұрын
Is he still alive? He'd be so happy his boat is in good hands!
@slartybarfastb3648Ай бұрын
Free them all. Has anyone noticed how many drug-addled freaks there are on any given day in any small town or city? What has 60 years of prohibition given us other than prison culture and cheaper, more plentiful, more destructive drugs? Time to accept locking people up only allows even worse people to take their place.
@chrishackett55428 күн бұрын
Screw Kramer. He had Don murdered.
@RenneeShreiner2 ай бұрын
yes!
@vehiculemagazine2 ай бұрын
yessssss
@raulgutierrez15012 ай бұрын
The only problem I see is the fuel injection setup they were never that reliable compared to today's Merc engines. Other than that the 47' is a great rough water boat.
@vehiculemagazine2 ай бұрын
period correct if you want new mercs get a new boat
@johnmc18882 ай бұрын
You’re just not cool enough to understand!
@raulgutierrez15012 ай бұрын
@@johnmc1888@ johnmc1888 I beg to deffer. Having owned Foundtain and Raced a 41 Apache with twin 750 engines, I think I am cool enough. From a restoration point of view, they did a fantastic job. I got my insights about Apache boats after meeting with Bob Saccenti at Fort Apache back in the day. If you are cool enough maybe you have herd of him?
@sheltdog84632 ай бұрын
That is the original pimp daddy of the water without a doubt!!!
@vehiculemagazine2 ай бұрын
☝🏻🏆🏁
@edwardnelson33042 ай бұрын
That specific pile of resin, is Bad Karma and always will be.
@vehiculemagazine2 ай бұрын
what are you talking about
@CaptainjackSparrow-z2bАй бұрын
I like Ben he's my kind of guy
@sublime9299 күн бұрын
A murderer, and drug and gun runner. Interesting
@jss5225Ай бұрын
Of all the boats to do a document on you had a pick the one or one of the ones that was run by a hard-core drug dealer that's what brought down offshore boating are used to run a boat in the races and when my sponsors found out that almost half the guys were running cocaine from the ocean back to the shore. They stopped to sponsoring meand that happened to a lot of the honest guys so you picked the guy Kramer who brought Ron running cocaine with offshore boats a big hobby or not a hobby a big business which killed the offshore industry great choice guys
@vehiculemagazineАй бұрын
make your own film stop complaining
@chrishackett55428 күн бұрын
@@vehiculemagazinescrew Kramer. He had Don murdered
@WOOD-BOOGER-lc4fl2 ай бұрын
Did they make more racing boats or drug running?!!❤❤
@vehiculemagazine2 ай бұрын
🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁
@adriankorcyl14182 ай бұрын
“Let me drive the boat”
@vehiculemagazine2 ай бұрын
buy a poster
@adriankorcyl14182 ай бұрын
@@vehiculemagazine if you lemme drive the boat I’ll buy 5 and you’d be able to make atleast 5 more new posters. Lake berryessa…I’ll get her to 108+
@kostantinospapadimitriou60322 ай бұрын
Why nobody talks about the beautiful lady…
@vehiculemagazine2 ай бұрын
lool
@thedevilinthecircuit1414Ай бұрын
You can buy your own in Miami. Any 5-star hotel bar has 'em.
@jayfriedrich89752 ай бұрын
hate the special effects,
@vehiculemagazine2 ай бұрын
make your own film buy your own boat
@Nottalotta6916 күн бұрын
Does the model have an @? She’s beautiful 😍
@vehiculemagazine16 күн бұрын
only if you buy something
@longtime23919 күн бұрын
Wouldn't a supercharger fit in that time Era? What if?
@vehiculemagazine19 күн бұрын
3x900hp never felt like it lacked power
@longtime23919 күн бұрын
@vehiculemagazine 900ish is Good But 1500+ on blower and race ⛽️ is Better😁
@CaptainjackSparrow-z2bАй бұрын
All she needs is two 1350s mer's
@vehiculemagazineАй бұрын
nope
@nunyabizznizz73262 ай бұрын
free ben kramer!
@vehiculemagazine2 ай бұрын
🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁
@chrishackett55428 күн бұрын
He had Don murdered. Screw Kramer.
@SimoneBuralliMaj7Ай бұрын
vertical videos should be banned in phones operating systems
@63melvyn6 күн бұрын
What’s with the soppy 3 camera angels can’t see a dam thing
@vehiculemagazine6 күн бұрын
your old
@Spike-sk7ql25 күн бұрын
Why did that chick have to do that double video thing when looking at the boat? Ruined the whole damn segment. There are LOADS of things that people would find very interesting in there! Give us the biggest, clearest picture possible!
@RenneeShreiner25 күн бұрын
then read the magazine or make your own film. quit complaining.
@Thebestornothing-17 күн бұрын
Apache 41 just come ... last working in progress ....kzbin.infoJ8g9zP8edpQ
@hoedemakerbart14 күн бұрын
Guy was a drug dealer 😂
@vehiculemagazine14 күн бұрын
oh your so smart
@jeffmech60018 күн бұрын
The trophy wife gets to drive Bens masterpiece. She shouldn't be allowed on the boat