how many people have larry smith scarabs? post some pics of them

[larry smith 34]

What does SQE stand for

[427eliminator]

Jody I will post some more pics next week. We could not get enough fuel down the motors withthe carbs so we just finished the monster fuel injection systems. The specs are insane. The hp should go up too somewhere in the 1100 to 1200 hp range. Can't wait to go out next week. Good luck with the boat search.

Paul

[Top Banana]

A lot more info on Larry Smith Scarabs is in the giant offshore history book SEARACE by John Crouse.

HORBA still has some orignial copies left at the old 1989 price.

www.historicraceboats.com

[rdoactive]

Stupid question, or observation?
Every Larry Smith 38 I've ever seen had a flat deck and the wide cockpit. They didn't have the 6" wide flat area outside he cockpit just aove the rub rail.
Were there Larry Smith editions of the KV, Miami Vice type scarabs, or 377 raised decks?
Gary

[jody165]

Yes, 2 different decks, maybe more. I know there were 2 made in the early 90's with a 3rd deck type but not sure who designed it, may have been designed by Eddie Morenz at Great American Concepts here in SoCal. One was red with staggered turbo engines (Sean Mcwhinney) and the other was white with triples.

From what I heard, it seems that Larry built his boats with his own deck designs, and then Wellcraft was free to use the same deck from Larry or create their own deck. So some of the Wellcraft decks look like Larry's and some don't. That's my understanding. Hope this helps.

[MikeyFIN]

Originally Posted by LeeS

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.

A Wellcraft made Scarab 38 KV with Arnesons is in Finland it´s 90´s import.
don´t know if it had originally ASDs thou.

[LeeS]

Originally Posted by MikeyFIN

A Wellcraft made Scarab 38 KV with Arnesons is in Finland it´s 90´s import.
don´t know if it had originally ASDs thou.

What do you mean by 90's import? Do you have any other information on the boat or owner? If it is mine I have a ton of documentation I could give the guy.

[MikeyFIN]

Yes I know the 2 last owners.
By meaning a 90´s import a second hand.
And to my knowledge this boat did get them Arnesons installed here, not sure thou..might been a stripper with Arnesons to begin with it was into some big changeover here ?
Haven´t been in contact with the current owner yet lately, Rest assured I will forward the info...and Hannu if you read this...go ahead yourself as I´m kinda busy right now ;-)

[GoCiggie31]

Originally Posted by 427eliminator

We are just testing with the new motors. I want to run bridge to bridge next year on the delta to see how fast she is now, looking for 125 mph. Mainly I just like to run. The boat is set up for low rpm/high mph. 70 mph is onlt 3600-3700 rpm so we run alot in the 70-80 mph range. Like to run up and down the coast in so-cal. Will be out again next weekend for the SCOPE run. This one is definitely a keeper for a while . One of the best balanced v-huls I have ever been in. Did you know Jody?

I am just checking in on how your is boat running? Also wondering if you are still planning on bringing the LS up here to nor-cal for one or all of the speed runs, ie Pittsburg or Jack London? I think the B2B has been rescheduled. Love to get some at-speed picture runs with my new camera
Thank you,
GoCiggie

[GoCiggie31]