Apache “Warpath” article
 

I know it’s not car related, but I do believe there are some powerboat fans on this site.
Fascinating insight from one of the owners of this legendary boat.


https://vehicule-magazine.com/blogs/...apache-warpath

Quite a story. Must have gone to Salisbury or Newburyport in Mass. $2,400/hour to run? Dang!

Apache powerboats
 

Donzi 2 plus 3 owner right here since 03.

----I may be wrong but I believe Warpath is the very 1st 41 foot Apache, which isn't mentioned and is famous just for that alone. As Lee and I know well there are several Apache's in the local area of Lake Saint Clair. Later in Apache history they stretched the 41 hull out to a whopping 47 feet. If you google Apache 47 Kemosabe you will see the ultimate 47. I believe, right now, it has 3 1100hp engines and is capable of speeds well over 100mph. Then there is Allez Vite, a 41 with a fantastic race history. There is a really cool video on Utube shot from a helicopter off of Key West in a race. Look it up as it will blow you away!
----I got my feet wet (no pun intended) working in sales at Donzi in 1971-72 on 188th street in north Miami. 188th street was the center of the universe back then for serious ocean racers. What a period of time. I was so lucky. Apache was just down and across the street from Donzi which was also right next to Magnum, all three started by the same icon, Don Aranow......Bill S

Cool article - the BaT auction will be interesting to watch.

Apache "Warpath" article
 

I remember back in the early 90's I met the crew of Allez Vite when they used Tower Marine in Saugatuck Michigan as their base camp when they tested and competed in a Chicago to Grand haven and then back to Chicago race. If I remember correctly Allez Vite means "Go Faster" in French and they won the race. Bill

----You are correct, Bill!......Bill S

Wow, Bill you are right, the video will blow you away! You'd have to have a pair to do that, I was scared just watching it.

Key West 1990 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pDV7vHF2G4

Key West 1991 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twfb337f4DI

Those videos never get old!:flag:

----And thru all the races and abuse the hull was never damaged. The boat today still gets used but no where near what it went thru when racing. Current owner (a former successful racer himself) and good friend is probably the hardest working guy I have ever met and one of the nicest. You can find him in Allez Vite on any Sunday blasting around Lake Saint Clair and up the Saint Clair river by my house. I have seen him out in December as he is just a diehard boater....Bill S

Kemosabe is another bad azz Apache.

https://youtu.be/gxQMHi2okIw

Kemosabe is the baddest 47' Apache on the planet.

----Thanks Dave!!! Lee and my buddy Apache John's absolutely sick triple engine 47 Footer! Six pack seating with absolutely no cabin amenities,,,or cabin! 3 Engines that any given time, depending on what set, are around or over 1,000hp. The only 47 Apache with this design deck, and the paint job is just so over the top it's actually hard to explain......Bill S

That would of been Peter Rhodes.
As Bill mentioned, current owner is a great guy....and a little bit crazy, Christmas day last year he was out ripping up the lake.

Speaking of winter boating, my buddy Wayne from Sunsation Powerboats sent me this video from last weekend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EUjfI-_NAo
He also has an Arctic Cat Thunder Cat with wheels that he rides in the summer, an extremist that gets more fun per day than any person that I know.

----I have never seen Wayne without a smile on his face! That has to account for something! Probably in a weak moment (on his part) Wayne said he would do over the deck and hull on an 18 ft Donzi I had, and he just did beautiful work. I'm putting it back together now and soon it will go to my rigger (the guy who knows way more than me) to finish up the important stuff. Hopefully, it will appear early around the middle of May or June for a splash!.....Bill S

Wayne and Joe are the best!! I met them several times over the years at LOTO shootouts.

This was only 39 degrees a couple years ago. I’ve been called a tool before, but not the sharpest tool!LOL

27'? Fountain Fever, I like Fountains, I raced a 10M Fountain back in the day and also had a twin turbo 10M Fountain that I sold about 10yrs ago, great boats and Reggie is a very cool guy.

29’. I met Reggie at the inaugural Lake Race(Ozarks)back in 2007:headbang: