Thad Allen's Apache + The Birth of the Cheetah Cat

[Steve 1]

We would Pull in the morning outside then the hull went to Assembly on the other side in the 33 Glass shop.

[Steve 1]

PP 38

[Steve 1]

The Taz boat out front.

[Ryan Beckley]

Where is Mike Kocell these days?

[Steve 1]

Where is Mike Kocell these days?

That I do not know, Mike was a good guy very professional, I hope all is well with him. Maybe someone will chime in on his where abouts.

[DKwestern]

steve, 38 PP pics won't get old. keep postin!

[Steve 1]

steve, 38 PP pics won't get old. keep postin!

I have a bunch of that stuff.

[cosmic12]

Yes, Please more PP stuff would be great!
The best thread ever anywhere, Thanks again Steve.

[Steve 1]

Thanks Guys.

[Steve 1]

PP Interior looking aft

[Steve 1]

PP 38 interior

[Steve 1]

Defy'n Gravity Wiring

[Steve 1]

Diesel boat engines

[Steve 1]

Diesel boat Transom

[Steve 1]

Diesel from the stern in the water pretty boat

[Steve 1]

Defy'n Gravity again from stern in water.

[Steve2]

While admiring all this beautiful finish work, it reminded me of the endless hours and the push for perfection from Steve1 and crew...i am attaching a few pics that show how far off the bottom was on the original plug work, and how much and how far Steve brought it - i challenge anyone to find a ripple or wave in the "almost" finished 41 plug - he had to raise it about 3" if i remember, maybe Steve will chime in and give us some of his input - this would have/could have/should have been the straightest, most flawless boat on the water - and ONLY a few people ever got to see this stuff up close.

[Steve2]

a few more...

[Steve 1]

While admiring all this beautiful finish work, it reminded me of the endless hours and the push for perfection from Steve1 and crew...i am attaching a few pics that show how far off the bottom was on the original plug work, and how much and how far Steve brought it - i challenge anyone to find a ripple or wave in the "almost" finished 41 plug - he had to raise it about 3" if i remember, maybe Steve will chime in and give us some of his input - this would have/could have/should have been the straightest, most flawless boat on the water - and ONLY a few people ever got to see this stuff up close.

The Plug need a lot of rework and another underlying problem was the way it was made with the cheap spray foam;They draped a wet 1708 across the frames with no support in between which meant the the foam was much thicker mid span than on the frames themselves,the term would be webbing which created a nightmarish situation where the fairing crew was constantly chasing this inconsistence related shrinkage.

[Steve2]

there is no way to even describe what this plug looked like when we received it...the company that did the original work (so-called work) screwed it up so bad that is would have made more sense to start from scratch - can you even imagine calling your boss and telling him that he just wasted about $25k? I should have posted these first, they show some of the issues and the rippled, wavy bottom. I mean the strakes aren't even close to straight or symmetrical!!!