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Re: Where is the Betty Cook Scarab?
Hey Bulldog - come on dude, you're holding out on us with some pics!!!!
You have to admit, that KAAMA paint job - whichever boat it was on - was one of the most recognizable of "Classic" Offshore. I would love to find one of the old Kamma's and be restoring just like Rat is doing with the Mic Light. I'll take one of these anyday over a brand new ??????(fill it in yourself) cat that's doing 170 mph - with a paint job that involves 30 colors.... Where can I get a long sleeve T-shirt printed like the one Betty is wearing in the pic Fred posted?? |
Re: Where is the Betty Cook Scarab?
I have a friend of mine that about 10 years ago bought a 36 cig race boat that he was going to update and put big motors on, so he proceeded to put the boat up on 55 gal drums and bought all the parts. When he had everything, he had the boat sanded and guess what was under the paint? KAAMA ,that put a dent on his idea.....havent seen him in years and he moved but always wondered if he ever restored it.
Bulldog, Ive been waiting for those pics come on stop holding out.... |
Re: Where is the Betty Cook Scarab?
Who has the Larry Smith Scarab? We have the original Powerboat Mag boat that we raced in "B" class . Boat was re-rigged and we have run 105 mph with a pair of 510 1X4 9.5:1 comp. legal B class engines with # 5's.
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Re: Where is the Betty Cook Scarab?
Originally Posted by lowblue320
I have a friend of mine that about 10 years ago bought a 36 cig race boat that he was going to update and put big motors on, so he proceeded to put the boat up on 55 gal drums and bought all the parts. When he had everything, he had the boat sanded and guess what was under the paint? KAAMA ,that put a dent on his idea.....havent seen him in years and he moved but always wondered if he ever restored it. .
The 36 foot Cigarette that was originally Dante's Inferno and then KAAMA and then Osmosis....when it was owned by Eddie Trotta.....yup, that Eddie Trotta, of Discovery Channel fame who is also a world class bike builder. |
Re: Where is the Betty Cook Scarab?
Originally Posted by ducktail
Hello, I would like to ask Top Banana and those who were closer to Betty Cook whether she talked about the impact on her body caused by the jumps and hits down on the water. I realised that many racers or owners of go-fasts have a body shape which egalizes the hits on the skeleton when the boat leaps over a wave because they are not as slim as Mrs. Cook. The impact on the cervical vertebra might be enormous if a neck is as slim as that of B.Cook - probably the strong neck and body shape of some racers was an advantage concerning this aspect or do they also have long term damages at those bones which get the most pressure in a hit down?
What did Mrs.Cook say about that? I dont think the question is too personal, probably she would have explained that in an interview plus camera... Don Aronow himself while testing broke ribs in a 28 foot Donzi and his other crew members got knocked out. In the '79 Bacardi, Betty was knocked out for 15 minutes or so, I was knocked out in the same race, but for a shorter duration. Jack Stuteville the throttleman for # 3 injured his knee and had to jump over at a checkpoint at the same race. Rocky was injured many times and once almost was killed in San Francisco. Open ocean racing was a tough sport and Betty was not given any special consideration because she was a woman....the ocean doesn't care. She was very good and knew how to put all the right pieces together to build a championship team. We knew she was tough and she knew she was tough, so we never spoke about the fact that it might be different for her....the only ones who did, were the media, trying to make something out of her being a woman....the other racers just accepted her at face value and she very much liked that. |
Re: Where is the Betty Cook Scarab?
[QUOTE=bouyhunter]
Where can I get a long sleeve T-shirt printed like the one Betty is wearing in the pic QUOTE] That is not along sleeve T-shirt. Betty had her clothes custom made and that was a cashmere sweater with the name of the boat woven into the sleeve design. Not something that was available to the other crews or the public at large. |
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I have the KAAMA Mini hawk which she did own. :cool:
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Re: Where is the Betty Cook Scarab?
Originally Posted by mrhorsepower1
Who has the Larry Smith Scarab? We have the original Powerboat Mag boat that we raced in "B" class . Boat was re-rigged and we have run 105 mph with a pair of 510 1X4 9.5:1 comp. legal B class engines with # 5's.
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Re: Where is the Betty Cook Scarab?
Originally Posted by ratman
which one dean? how long was it? what years was it built?
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Re: Where is the Betty Cook Scarab?
[QUOTE=Top Banana]
Originally Posted by bouyhunter
Where can I get a long sleeve T-shirt printed like the one Betty is wearing in the pic QUOTE]
That is not along sleeve T-shirt. Betty had her clothes custom made and that was a cashmere sweater with the name of the boat woven into the sleeve design. Not something that was available to the other crews or the public at large. I wouldn't mind wearing a T-shirt version of that - and be given the chance to explain what it means when I'm asked the question "What's a KAAMA" |
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