New To Me Spectre 30
03-22-2007, 05:48 PM
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New To Me Spectre 30
Well it's not really a Spectre; But it was manufactured by Lightning and the mold was from a Spectre.. and seeing as there is no Lightning forum this is the best place to post this.. LOL
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03-23-2007, 09:44 AM
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It was a Spectre Hull manufactured by Lightning and titled as a Vicious 30' Racer
- Now Thats a mouth full.... yipes. But its a 30 Spectre hull for the most part, with allot of bottom work done. It's has a F16 Canopy that seats the drive and throttle man offset just alittle so the throttle man can see, It's not that bad. This winter I plan on turning it into a 4 seater canopy racer so I can do some poker runs and maybe a weekend play boat (every once in awhile)
04-08-2007, 03:29 PM
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I have heard some debate.................what is better......a 30 with IO's or outboards? Which is more stable in a true 3 ft. confused chop? Stability and how she re-enters the water after some air?
04-10-2007, 08:01 PM
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only driven 30's with O/B's...busy to drive, little flighty but works awesome in water described above and lands very soft.
04-18-2007, 08:05 AM
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My dad used to race that boat back in 95' when he won both the National and World Championships in the prostock class. That was when it had triples... I always loved that boat and glad to see it's in good hands!
How fast does it run now? I remember when it had triple outboards my dad Joey Gratton and Steve Page saw 122mph on the magic water at Lake X... Then 2 days later they did a kilo run in Sarasota for the 4th of July and only saw 114 or 117mph.. Don't remember the exact number
How fast does it run now? I remember when it had triple outboards my dad Joey Gratton and Steve Page saw 122mph on the magic water at Lake X... Then 2 days later they did a kilo run in Sarasota for the 4th of July and only saw 114 or 117mph.. Don't remember the exact number
04-25-2007, 03:44 PM
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Lightning bought a 30' Spectre and splashed it. It was built by Lightning and nothing to do do with Spectre. As for the Vicious title that's a stretch......I know it came from Aqua Toy Store as it sat there for along time. I think Roger Bourget owned it at one time.
04-29-2007, 08:34 PM
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Lightning bought a 30' Spectre and splashed it. It was built by Lightning and nothing to do do with Spectre. As for the Vicious title that's a stretch......I know it came from Aqua Toy Store as it sat there for along time. I think Roger Bourget owned it at one time.
That about right, Lightning made a few and 2 are still racing (One under the Spectre name) There was no Lightning forum to post this so this fourm was the next best thing.
Vicious re-work bottom and titled it seeing as Lightning never did.
Or so I was told.. either way is painted white and I'm picking up motors Monday morning..
