Anyone have good pictures of the Fort in its glory and any shots of the race boats being rigged? Anyone actually keep their apache or any other boat there? I know that the site and street are now condos and townhouses, but is there a reason why all the boat builders left?
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08-11-2009 10:07 PM
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08-12-2009 08:27 AM
I think J-Bonz posted some in another Thread
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08-12-2009 12:38 PM
My favorite pic of Ft Apache...
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08-12-2009 04:10 PM
Selling land for condos pays a tad better than building boats does
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08-12-2009 04:53 PMIt sure does and it becomes one less place for us to store our boats... Then add all the new environmental regulations and it becomes even tougher to run the buisness on that valuable realestate.
Aren't a lot of these places zoned commercial, how do they just all the sudden go residential?
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08-12-2009 04:59 PM
simple answer... $$$$$$$
P-4077 "The Swamp" S.B.Y.C. and Michigan medboat mothership
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08-12-2009 08:14 PM
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08-12-2009 08:17 PM
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08-12-2009 08:26 PM
There was a special on the learning channel at one time and it was all about Fort Apache and Bennini..... and i think you all know who im talkin about and i have seen it, more then once over the years .
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08-12-2009 10:18 PM
this is all I have
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08-12-2009 10:44 PMWOW great photos guys! Must have been awesome to be there back in the day. What is that huge red boat with surface drives?
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08-12-2009 10:49 PM
I beleive it is an Aronow... I will have to dig out some old mags to find the ads that it was in
Jr.
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08-13-2009 05:42 AM
Thanks for the pics they are awsome. I have some but can't find'm from when I was there just before it disapeared mid 90s. I still have a white polo shirt with the logo embroidered on it that is all worn out and unwearable but will never part with it.
Spent a few hours there with Richie Powers giving me a tour and history lesson that I will never forget and I am so glad I did looking back on it. The Apache factory building was still there and the old Cig building. So glad I saw it all before the end and had no idea of what was to come. The history that was lost, sad so very sad.
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08-13-2009 11:53 AM
I believe it is a 47. Sweet boats. There is one on Boattrader right now for $79,000.