September 25th
2003
Last
night, approximately 80 members of SCOPE were honored to have Bobby
Saccenti be the guest speaker at their Fall Membership meeting. Bobby said
it was the first time he had ever done anything like that...we didn't
believe him cause he was just too damn good!!!!
After a brief introduction on his background and history in the boat
building and boat racing business, Bobby wowed the SCOPE crowd with a
highlight film taken from the 1984 and 1985 racing seasons . Guys, this
footage was incredible...we are talking about true offshore powerboat
racing in the rough stuff...not the circle races that we see in today's
races.
After the highlight film, Bobby fielded questions for almost 45
minutes...everything was asked from Arnow, Kramer, rigging, lay-ups and
the story on how Apache got its name and logo. Unlike many other SCOPE
membership meetings, the crowd listened intently to every word and story.
It was a great evening with each member in attendance receiving an Apache
tee shirt. Most of the recipients had Bobby autograph their shirts right
above the Apache logo on the front of the shirt.
For those of you that have never met Bobby, he was a very humble and
modest man showing absolutely no ego or attitude....the guy just flat out
lives and loves performance boating and pushing his machines and his body
to the fullest!
If you are ever in his presence....make sure and introduce yourself and
say hello.....he is pretty dialed in with OSO and many of your names. Our
next goal is to get him back to Southern California next summer and have
him run one of his Apache's in our annual poker run.
A big thanks to the King of all Poodles, Jeff Cheng for making all the
arrangements for Bobby to visit SCOPE! And to Bobby....we really
appreciate you coming out from Florida to be part of our club. Your
highlight film was terrific and your enthusiasm and love for our sport is
awesome.
Thank you again from all your friends at SCOPE!!!
Ron Songrath
               
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