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12-10-2008 11:21 PM
OK, OSO got really quiet so here I am! Now I just need to upgrade my membership and I will be good to go.
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12-11-2008 12:24 AM
Whats up everyone?
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12-11-2008 10:01 PM
Not much, just lots of work! Been cold here in the south.....bummer.
Boat is ready to go....how is the Hobby Shop going?
Take care,
Randy
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12-13-2008 12:22 PM
some old shots of mine
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12-13-2008 08:10 PM
Nice 38 KV..whats the story?
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12-14-2008 12:39 AM
12-11-2008, 09:36 AM #41
kvscarab38
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: upper sandusky,oh
Posts: 13
a little info from oso
LeeS
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Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Severna Park Maryland
Posts: 8
Re: how many people have larry smith scarabs? post some pics of them
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Originally Posted by kvscarab38
Is this boat a larry smith boat??
http://yachtworld.com/boats/1463462/0
That one brought back enough memories to get me to reregister here. NOT a Larry Smith Scarab but still an unusal boat. I bought one in very similar circumstances and it was rigged right beside that one in the race shop that John Connor, Don Pruitt and Gus Anastasia set up right down the road from Wellcraft in Sarasota. Both my boat and this one were built by Wellcraft with interiors, instrumentation and paint but no other rigging. Connors shop then did everything else to race boat rigging standards. Mine was also tabbed hull to deck as I asked for it, not sure about Rick's. Extra care was done at Wellcraft to scrape resin out of the molds on these two. Rick's was done in Kevlar but I chose glass. Connor did not like Kevlar back then as he had some bottom splintering on Betty Cooks boats. So I listened to him. He also tipped me to the fact that Wellcraft Kevlar boats were only 400-500 lbs lighter than glass boats as they used only a few very thick heavy layers of Kevlar as opposed to the 14-15 very thin layers in a Larry Smith boat. He assured me I could get the same 40 pound out by them gong to the plant and making sure all the extra resin got scraped out.
The one pictured of Rick's was a standard 575 Merc with #4's at the time it was new. Mine had Arneson ASD8's and Connor built 540's with about 650HP. Rick's boat ran about 80 and mine closer to 85. Unfortunately Rick's boat looks like everthing is still the same so I can't imagine what kind of shape the motors and drives are in, it looks like it still has the original merc bypass mufflers that caused so much water to get in the engines they were discontinued after a short run.
One more fact, you could get a full interior in a Larry Smith, VERY nicely done and simple and light weight. I priced one out before going with the Wellcraft and that is exactly what it looked like as far as the other boat pictured here.
Rick's boat was NOT a brochure boat either, mercury did use a shot oif the engine compartment in many boat magazines to advertise the 575's.
Sorry for the long blast from the 80's but it's amazing to see a boat pop up that was right beside yours for many weeks. And no, I have no idea where my boat is, I sold it to a guy who boated on Lake Superior in the mid-1990's. If anyone ever encounters an 87 38 KV with ASD8's on it I'm sure that is it. 1988 was the last year for that model and I was later told I was the only one who ever rigged a Wellcraft boat that way. There are some Larry Smiths out there with Arnesons though.
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12-16-2008 01:45 PM
I HAVE A LITTLE ONE 2008 BRAVO
COOPERATE AWARDS
EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION
LASER ENGRAVED SIGNAGE & NAME BADGES
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01-07-2009 07:56 PM
I made it over here, hope a Nova counts... Otherwise, I have no home...Wait, I have a couple 22s.. Ok, I'm in..
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02-03-2009 06:36 PMNew to the forum and new to Scarab, dont tell anyone around here I own a glass boat!
1989 Scarab 31' Daycruiser
(2008 Eagle 17 X Sport)
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02-14-2009 11:05 PMHello all its Mike J. from TeamScarab in SoCal. I made it to 70 last year (age that is) and I still have 3 Scarabs my 16ft Jet Sprint "1st one made" 26ft LS flat deck "4th one made"
and a 30ft.
Hope I can hang out OSO dropped me years ago guess I upset someone with all my Scarab Boat history. Mike J
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02-20-2009 03:56 PM
Busy with work...checking in here and there on both OSO and SO.
Jimbo
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02-20-2009 04:16 PM
glad there's something going on over here - just out in the warehouse thinking about what project I would tackle first before spring - jeff
People we meet in life are either a Blessing or a Lesson
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03-29-2009 10:09 PMI'm here-hopefully I am allowed cuz I'm short 8 feet
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