The Restoration of the Ben Kramer Apache 47, Preserving Offshore Powerboat History.

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  • Опубликовано: 25 янв 2025

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  • @jasoncoleman8133
    @jasoncoleman8133 Месяц назад +7

    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!

    • @longtime239
      @longtime239 Месяц назад

      I AGREE. This Brought Back Some Memories 🤘

  • @TonyLawrinson
    @TonyLawrinson 3 месяца назад +34

    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 !!

  • @gregoryfranks7347
    @gregoryfranks7347 3 месяца назад +16

    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

    • @vehiculemagazine
      @vehiculemagazine  3 месяца назад

      awesome! glad you like it. check out vehicule-magazine.com for more

    • @randyscott3386
      @randyscott3386 Месяц назад

      The still print Motorboating and Sailing magazine ? My Dad got that back in the 80's . Along with Golf Digest .

    • @gregoryfranks7347
      @gregoryfranks7347 Месяц назад

      @@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

    • @randyscott3386
      @randyscott3386 Месяц назад

      @@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 !

    • @gregoryfranks7347
      @gregoryfranks7347 Месяц назад

      @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

  • @WizardOfWhoopee
    @WizardOfWhoopee 2 месяца назад +21

    Narrator is correct at the end. There are newer faster better nowadays but none are Legendary. I'm lucky I have one.

  • @Al_Nunnery
    @Al_Nunnery 3 месяца назад +10

    Just finished the Video wow. RESPECT. Im Blown Away

    • @vehiculemagazine
      @vehiculemagazine  3 месяца назад

      thanks! check out vehicule-magazine.com/ for more

  • @joeross2914
    @joeross2914 3 месяца назад +13

    Nicely DONE Mr.Leibel/TNT Marine..Team APACHE No.1 ..😎👍👍👍👍👊👊👊

  • @RHJ3
    @RHJ3 Месяц назад +5

    Always loved this boat! Man what a showpiece!

  • @flurprl4007
    @flurprl4007 21 день назад +2

    I love that even when the boat is out of the water on a trailer, it still looks really fast.

  • @JamesHarm
    @JamesHarm 17 дней назад +1

    Always wanted to get a ride in this boat. Just because of the history and the sound

  • @DerUnbbekante
    @DerUnbbekante 2 месяца назад +8

    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.

  • @falcon0351
    @falcon0351 Месяц назад +2

    Man that thing sounds sick.Love from Australia 🇦🇺

  • @ultraviolet9863
    @ultraviolet9863 Месяц назад +3

    great story. thanks for creating this doc.

  • @sublime929
    @sublime929 Месяц назад +19

    She's stunning, the boat isnt bad either.

    • @tngtacticalmiata1219
      @tngtacticalmiata1219 Месяц назад

      Yeah, no kidding....

    • @milburnburroughs2699
      @milburnburroughs2699 12 дней назад

      lmao skin and bone i dont get what you guys see in these Skeletor built woman she is so average its insane and looks like she is 13 thats not stunning

    • @smplyizzy
      @smplyizzy 4 дня назад

      And she knows it quit well

  • @fredbresnahan4376
    @fredbresnahan4376 Месяц назад +1

    Nice that someone had the ways and means to bring her back to better than new right here in south Florida 😎.

  • @ratherbeflying101
    @ratherbeflying101 4 дня назад +1

    i like the old school boats better, very nice looking, I'll never forget the day his days came to an end, hard core dude man, dangerous as hell.

  • @ericrebhan8041
    @ericrebhan8041 14 дней назад

    Always loved this boat. Eric with Ohio Steel Race team

  • @At1467mpku
    @At1467mpku 13 дней назад

    Excellent piece of equipment. A unique kind of dedicated owner. We still have hope:)

  • @ztwntyn8
    @ztwntyn8 2 месяца назад +1

    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

  • @CaptainjackSparrow-z2b
    @CaptainjackSparrow-z2b 3 месяца назад +3

    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

  • @michaelgavin4568
    @michaelgavin4568 Месяц назад

    Bad ass hearing those engines rumble!!

  • @williesweetjr8713
    @williesweetjr8713 Месяц назад +1

    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.

  • @adamthiemann3084
    @adamthiemann3084 2 месяца назад +1

    What a beautiful machine

  • @vicbittertoo
    @vicbittertoo 2 месяца назад +5

    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 :)

    • @vehiculemagazine
      @vehiculemagazine  2 месяца назад

      be sure to read vehicule-magazine.com

    • @jamesdow9137
      @jamesdow9137 Месяц назад +1

      Big difference from bravos to a 3A and 5’s.

  • @ThebigShrimpy
    @ThebigShrimpy 3 месяца назад +3

    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.

  • @waterworldofficial
    @waterworldofficial 3 месяца назад +3

    you guys rock

  • @tacticalofficer6103
    @tacticalofficer6103 Месяц назад +2

    Sterling Motors Yessssssss !!!!!▪

  • @AdventuringwiththeS.G.O.C.C
    @AdventuringwiththeS.G.O.C.C 24 дня назад +1

    Those three mechanical injection systems are quite something.

  • @robertlamorte7079
    @robertlamorte7079 3 месяца назад +4

    What happened with the cracked hull?

    • @vehiculemagazine
      @vehiculemagazine  3 месяца назад

      is that a trick question? or all you read some where

    • @LivingOnCash
      @LivingOnCash 2 месяца назад

      It was repaired and is running again.

    • @jamesdow9137
      @jamesdow9137 Месяц назад

      Can see the repair area at 12:00

  • @RenneeShreiner
    @RenneeShreiner 3 месяца назад +3

    yes!

  • @richardcarter3406
    @richardcarter3406 3 месяца назад +10

    Free Ben Kramer!!

    • @vehiculemagazine
      @vehiculemagazine  3 месяца назад +1

      yes!

    • @johnmurray9526
      @johnmurray9526 2 месяца назад +1

      Is he still alive? He'd be so happy his boat is in good hands!

    • @slartybarfastb3648
      @slartybarfastb3648 2 месяца назад

      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.

    • @chrishackett554
      @chrishackett554 2 месяца назад +4

      Screw Kramer. He had Don murdered.

  • @sheltdog8463
    @sheltdog8463 3 месяца назад +3

    That is the original pimp daddy of the water without a doubt!!!

  • @roberthawxhurst3717
    @roberthawxhurst3717 3 месяца назад +1

    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...

    • @vehiculemagazine
      @vehiculemagazine  3 месяца назад

      guess you will have to read all about it vehicule-magazine.com

  • @CaptainjackSparrow-z2b
    @CaptainjackSparrow-z2b 3 месяца назад +1

    I like Ben he's my kind of guy

    • @sublime929
      @sublime929 Месяц назад

      A murderer, and drug and gun runner. Interesting

  • @raulgutierrez1501
    @raulgutierrez1501 3 месяца назад +5

    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.

    • @vehiculemagazine
      @vehiculemagazine  3 месяца назад +4

      period correct if you want new mercs get a new boat

    • @johnmc1888
      @johnmc1888 3 месяца назад +2

      You’re just not cool enough to understand!

    • @raulgutierrez1501
      @raulgutierrez1501 3 месяца назад

      @@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?

  • @DougBlue-rv6pw
    @DougBlue-rv6pw 14 дней назад

    Thats F u money right there....
    Girls like that go with the tide

  • @Nottalotta69
    @Nottalotta69 Месяц назад +3

    Does the model have an @? She’s beautiful 😍

  • @WOOD-BOOGER-lc4fl
    @WOOD-BOOGER-lc4fl 3 месяца назад +1

    Did they make more racing boats or drug running?!!❤❤

  • @adriankorcyl1418
    @adriankorcyl1418 3 месяца назад +2

    “Let me drive the boat”

    • @vehiculemagazine
      @vehiculemagazine  3 месяца назад +2

      buy a poster

    • @adriankorcyl1418
      @adriankorcyl1418 3 месяца назад

      @@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+

  • @kostantinospapadimitriou6032
    @kostantinospapadimitriou6032 3 месяца назад +8

    Why nobody talks about the beautiful lady…

  • @jss5225
    @jss5225 2 месяца назад +3

    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

    • @vehiculemagazine
      @vehiculemagazine  2 месяца назад +7

      make your own film stop complaining

    • @chrishackett554
      @chrishackett554 2 месяца назад +1

      @@vehiculemagazinescrew Kramer. He had Don murdered

  • @edwardnelson3304
    @edwardnelson3304 3 месяца назад +5

    That specific pile of resin, is Bad Karma and always will be.

  • @adamjames9213
    @adamjames9213 19 дней назад

    Saying that spread a ton across the bottom probably 90

  • @longtime239
    @longtime239 Месяц назад

    Wouldn't a supercharger fit in that time Era? What if?

    • @vehiculemagazine
      @vehiculemagazine  Месяц назад +1

      3x900hp never felt like it lacked power

    • @longtime239
      @longtime239 Месяц назад

      @vehiculemagazine 900ish is Good But 1500+ on blower and race ⛽️ is Better😁

  • @markgravelle4602
    @markgravelle4602 20 дней назад +1

    Can't watch the split screen. Makes me dizzy.

  • @jayfriedrich8975
    @jayfriedrich8975 3 месяца назад +5

    hate the special effects,

  • @adamjames9213
    @adamjames9213 19 дней назад

    Bet it doesn't do 105 maybe 110 with a ton of powder in the front

  • @SimoneBuralliMaj7
    @SimoneBuralliMaj7 2 месяца назад +2

    vertical videos should be banned in phones operating systems

  • @CaptainjackSparrow-z2b
    @CaptainjackSparrow-z2b 3 месяца назад +2

    All she needs is two 1350s mer's

  • @63melvyn
    @63melvyn Месяц назад

    What’s with the soppy 3 camera angels can’t see a dam thing

  • @Thebestornothing-1
    @Thebestornothing-1 Месяц назад

    Apache 41 just come ... last working in progress ....ruclips.net/user/shortsJ8g9zP8edpQ

  • @Spike-sk7ql
    @Spike-sk7ql Месяц назад +3

    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!

    • @RenneeShreiner
      @RenneeShreiner Месяц назад +1

      then read the magazine or make your own film. quit complaining.

  • @blkcoupequattro
    @blkcoupequattro 21 день назад

    ruclips.net/video/p8qCDUvOVew/видео.htmlsi=Na8n5qwnBMrAk1q9&t=760

  • @hoedemakerbart
    @hoedemakerbart Месяц назад

    Guy was a drug dealer 😂

  • @s0nnyburnett
    @s0nnyburnett Месяц назад

    20 minutes of AI narration. No thanks.

  • @codymittel3126
    @codymittel3126 Месяц назад

    Money and drugs. The girl looks 16 dudes 80 wow money is crazy

  • @jeffmech600
    @jeffmech600 Месяц назад

    The trophy wife gets to drive Bens masterpiece. She shouldn't be allowed on the boat

  • @Al_Nunnery
    @Al_Nunnery 3 месяца назад +2

    🚤 🚤 💯 🚤 🚤. Cleveland Tennessee Waivin 👋 in Dallas DFW Forth Worth Tx.

    • @vehiculemagazine
      @vehiculemagazine  3 месяца назад +2

      💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁

  • @alhill1767
    @alhill1767 Месяц назад +2

    im more interested in the girl

  • @CaptainjackSparrow-z2b
    @CaptainjackSparrow-z2b 3 месяца назад

    I like Ben he's my kind of guy