Larry Smith developed the original Scarab boats. He then licensed the trademark to Wellcraft and contunued to develop subsequesnt boats/designs for them. He also built some boats on his own under Team Scarab and then after the license agreement w/ Wellcraft expired in 2002. Around 2006 or so Wellcraft purchased the Scarab trademark outright from Larry Smith. The 43 molds were then sold to Eliminator
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03-12-2010 06:19 PM
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03-12-2010 11:27 PMThanks for the info. Im in Eliminator country out here, so it was big news about the purchase of the 43. Did the Larry Smith hulls differ from a "non Larry Smith"? There is a 1982 Kaama special edition on the web for sale. I heard Kaama referred to the drives that were made out west in Huntington Beach. What does KAAMA refer to?
On a side note, have you seen the 38 Scarab for sale in So Cal for 19k? It on the LA Craigslist and Offshoreboat.com. It is 1990 and has the arch.
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03-13-2010 09:06 AMYou are also in Larry Smith/Team Scarab country.
Have not seen the boat you are referring too.
Kaama Scarabs were a model name/trim package and actually had nothing to do with whether they had Kaama drives or not.
There are the LS built Scarabs which are/were a custom, purpose built boat. They are a very well built structure and have a somewhat cult like following. There are the Wellcraft built Scarabs that were designed and/or tweaked by LS and then there are the Wellcraft built Scarabs that had nothing to do with LS period other than using the trademark.
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01-06-2011 12:37 AMHere's mine....picked her up early last September
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01-06-2011 01:11 AM
I have this 38 for sale at a great price!! 850hp blower motors and #5's. Runs 100mph and is a Team Scarab USA edition. All the added deacals have been removed and the boat is being buffed as we speak.
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01-14-2011 05:12 PMHere are a couple of my 43
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01-14-2011 09:44 PM
nice looking 43!
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01-15-2011 06:04 PM
It was not a former race boat.
http://www.offshoreonly.com/classifi...o37641-en.html
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02-14-2011 02:32 AMScarab 43,
Love your boat. Got any more pics of her? What's layout like downstairs?
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02-16-2011 07:07 PMHere are a couple more, down under there is a bathroom,sink, closet, couch's, bed and storage in front of that and a refridge, I put a swim platform on and took the three bladed props off and got labbed 26 four blades.