New 29' Scarab
01-08-2016, 02:12 PM
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New 29' Scarab
Finalized everything on my 1999 Scarab 29 that was purchased brand new from Welcraft by Flag Ship Marine as a blank with every option except the engine and was used for Mercruiser's mock ups and has never been registered or tagged until today. This boat has 3 hours on the hull with a brand new crate 502 and IMCO race out drive is being buttoned up as I post this today. We will have the fuel system checked and cleaned Wednesday and do a shake down run Thursday of next week. Will post pics from my desktop tonight.
Almost forgot to mention that it has been in a tempature controlled storage wharehouse all this time, it still smells new!
Almost forgot to mention that it has been in a tempature controlled storage wharehouse all this time, it still smells new!
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01-08-2016, 02:40 PM
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Sounds AWESOME.
Heads up: be very careful on the vents on the aft sides.
They are no longer made. Quite a few 26' Scarab and 29' Scarab owners have had to have something custom fabricated to recover from damage. There are several posts on this topic over the years.
Heads up: be very careful on the vents on the aft sides.
They are no longer made. Quite a few 26' Scarab and 29' Scarab owners have had to have something custom fabricated to recover from damage. There are several posts on this topic over the years.
01-10-2016, 09:46 PM
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Where's those pic's
Finalized everything on my 1999 Scarab 29 that was purchased brand new from Welcraft by Flag Ship Marine as a blank with every option except the engine and was used for Mercruiser's mock ups and has never been registered or tagged until today. This boat has 3 hours on the hull with a brand new crate 502 and IMCO race out drive is being buttoned up as I post this today. We will have the fuel system checked and cleaned Wednesday and do a shake down run Thursday of next week. Will post pics from my desktop tonight.
Almost forgot to mention that it has been in a tempature controlled storage wharehouse all this time, it still smells new!
Almost forgot to mention that it has been in a tempature controlled storage wharehouse all this time, it still smells new!
01-14-2016, 10:37 AM
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01-14-2016, 07:07 PM
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Looking good, congratulations! Flag Ship Marine don't happen to have another one with 3 hours on it hiding in a shed......?
Is that trailer a bit short? Maybe the winch post needs to come forward a bit. Just looks like her bum is hanging out a long way....
Great find.
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Is that trailer a bit short? Maybe the winch post needs to come forward a bit. Just looks like her bum is hanging out a long way....
Great find.
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01-14-2016, 07:24 PM
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Great find ! but the first thing that you need too do is get rid of the drive spacer that drive looks to be very very low. Stand off box and a drive spacer that boat has to be a handful. Also if you need side vents we made them in stainless.
01-15-2016, 07:58 AM
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Flagship used to rig a lot of offshore racing boats so hence the IMCO set up, spoke to the gentleman who rigged it and he said it actually handles very well so long as the trim tabs are left straight out, he said it rides a little higher on plane but handles well. I am going to have my friends from Phantom 9 Racing come to our shop and help finish tweaking the set up since we are looking at being their safety boat for the 2016 race season.
