The Re-Birth of an Apache Scout
03-22-2013, 10:38 PM
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J-Bonz,
You never did say how it ran. Did you get any baseline numbers (speed, RPM, etc.) that you can share with us? Remember, some of us have pretty similar hulls.
BTW, as I've said before, that was truly a labor of love and you did it in stellar fashion. Thanks for sharing all of it with all of us.
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You never did say how it ran. Did you get any baseline numbers (speed, RPM, etc.) that you can share with us? Remember, some of us have pretty similar hulls.
BTW, as I've said before, that was truly a labor of love and you did it in stellar fashion. Thanks for sharing all of it with all of us.
Tom
Thanks again for the kind words! It is pretty humbling all the responses I have gotten.. I guess it shows how much of a perfectionist I am. As for how it ran I am not really sure. I only went out 3 short times. I really went as far into the season as I could.. The last pictures were taken on a day high of 45 or so. As for speed, I dont have any solid numbers. I need to install or get a hand held GPS. So far I was happy with how it ran. I wont lie, I already wish it was faster...
I think I have a 3 blade 23p Mirage on it.. I really would like to do a DOE (design of experiments) on trim vs jack plate settings. This I still need to hook up to the mechanical indicator. I got a budy up here with a few different props I can try.. I hope to get it dialed in this spring... I will report back with what I find out...... You know it wont hit the speeds of that progression... Jr.
03-22-2013, 10:55 PM
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J-bonz, I had a pik of your interior saved, just liked the colors and layout. Anyways I just got my little boat, Dave was over looking at it as I was describing what i wanted to do and said "yeah, I painted that one and the center console idea...no problem" Rofl. why you gotta be so close that I can't steal your design.. Two little white boats with blue trim at the casino....
03-23-2013, 04:56 PM
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I was curious to how your boat ran as well. I started chasing speed numbers with mine and lost a lot of fun in my opinion. We went back to the old school setup and lost a lot of speed but really enjoy the boat better. It's an Apache. That makes it badazz just sittin still right?
03-23-2013, 05:12 PM
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Tom,
Thanks again for the kind words! It is pretty humbling all the responses I have gotten.. I guess it shows how much of a perfectionist I am. As for how it ran I am not really sure. I only went out 3 short times. I really went as far into the season as I could.. The last pictures were taken on a day high of 45 or so. As for speed, I dont have any solid numbers. I need to install or get a hand held GPS. So far I was happy with how it ran. I wont lie, I already wish it was faster... I think I have a 3 blade 23p Mirage on it.. I really would like to do a DOE (design of experiments) on trim vs jack plate settings. This I still need to hook up to the mechanical indicator. I got a budy up here with a few different props I can try.. I hope to get it dialed in this spring... I will report back with what I find out...... You know it wont hit the speeds of that progression...
Jr.
Thanks again for the kind words! It is pretty humbling all the responses I have gotten.. I guess it shows how much of a perfectionist I am. As for how it ran I am not really sure. I only went out 3 short times. I really went as far into the season as I could.. The last pictures were taken on a day high of 45 or so. As for speed, I dont have any solid numbers. I need to install or get a hand held GPS. So far I was happy with how it ran. I wont lie, I already wish it was faster...
I think I have a 3 blade 23p Mirage on it.. I really would like to do a DOE (design of experiments) on trim vs jack plate settings. This I still need to hook up to the mechanical indicator. I got a budy up here with a few different props I can try.. I hope to get it dialed in this spring... I will report back with what I find out...... You know it wont hit the speeds of that progression... Jr.
06-23-2013, 09:49 PM
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Thought I would post an update with pictures.... The first is a pic of my son when I told him we were not boating on Saturday due to the weather forecast... I did get the boat in today and was really happy with it. I just have a few odds and ends left.. Now I just need to get used to running it and figuring out were to store all the bags that must come along......
06-23-2013, 10:03 PM
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We used to have a 24x7 and that is exactly what we did. We actually bought the nets from a motor cycle store. We got the color we wanted. It worked out real well.
