New To Me Spectre 30

[2 Trick Rick]

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

[TopSpin80]

for some reason I thought that hull was for sale before as a lightning?

but anyways how do you like the seating arrangement?

cool boat

[2 Trick Rick]

Originally Posted by TopSpin80

for some reason I thought that hull was for sale before as a lightning?

but anyways how do you like the seating arrangement?

cool boat

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)

[VEGAS36CAT]

that is way cool

[drdread]

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?

[VEGAS36CAT]

Originally Posted by drdread

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?

only driven 30's with O/B's...busy to drive, little flighty but works awesome in water described above and lands very soft.

[BlakeandBrock]

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

[Ryan Beckley]

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.

[2 Trick Rick]

Originally Posted by Ryan Beckley

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..