littlenige

Pat, isn't that the 36 wide body?? Sure looks like it to me!

Scott H.

Are those weber 48 carbs on the port engine?

Black Tornado

Bingo Nigel!

7xchamp

As in some of my earlier posts, this is the 43` Scarab that Tom Gentry and myself set the Kilo record in @ 126 mph, I then ran it with Omar Danial of Apache Heritage, we raced it three times and won each time two qualifying races for the APBA worlds in 1994. We won Corpus Christi Texas, then Sarasota, Then the worlds in Ft. Meyers all in 1994. The boat was raced as Pepsi Diet rite cola, Team Scarab, and Gentry Eagle. Bill Sirois and Gus Anastasia originally ran the boat with no success, Wellcraft contacted me after I won the worlds in Key West in 1993 with Apache Heritage and asked If I would race the boat, I said OK as Long as Omar Danial could be my wheel man, rest is as they say is history. I will tell you one thing, that boat at 135 mph which is the best I got out of it is scary and will definitly hurt you.

shifter

This boat had tripples then was coverted to twins and was used as a pleasure boat, it had #3's the we put #6's.

pat W

7xchamp

I`m lost on that one, it`s possible Tom G. had a 43` built to use in Hawaii, The only boat`s I was associated with was the 43` Triple that I set the Kilo record with and won the APBA worlds with all in 1994, The boat was actually owned as a partnership between Larry Smith, Wellcraft, and the late Allen Pariser of splish splash fame. The race boat was given to Tom to use to set the Kilo record only. The other Larry Smith Scarab was the 47` that I set up for the Miami to NY run, triple with # 3`s. The last time I raced that boat I won the Miami Bimini race called the Apache Challenge, Norman Gentry was actually driver of record, Tom was navigator, and I was on the stixs.

7xchamp

Clarification: Chris Smith was not Larry Smith`s son, Larry only has a daughter. Little known fact is that Charlie Strang, then President and CEO of O.M.C. along with Larry Smith asked if I would test run the boat and give an evaluation as to wheather the accident was driver error or the fault of the boat. I tested the boat in Stuart at the O.M.C. test base, I took Larry Smith and a friend of mine to drive, It was rough as hell, and we ran the snot out of the boat, tripped it in once and Larry hit his elbow, I think broke it, was in lot`s of pain, we finished the run, all OK I then raced the boat in open class in inaugural St Augustine race, rookie driver and navigator we got third in open class, same race Rockie A. disintegrated his Cat with Howard Quam. By finishing third the boat qualified to run the worlds in Key West with some Aussies who bought it and I believe took it to Australia. The boat was awsome fast for it`s time, estimated HP each I was told was over 450hp, power to weight made it quick, Best I saw was 92 mph at a time when the best scarabs were running 88 to 90. The boat accelerated really hard, was actually a fun boat, could have been tweaked and C.G.`d a little better. Shame about the two deaths, but they just ran it over there head and got bit.

HabanaJoe

Richie,

Haven't seen you on here in awhile, nice to see you posting again - love to read your stories!!!

7xchamp

Thanks Joey: Have been busy with new job, Director of sales and dealer developement for Deep Impact Boats in Miami. Are you comming to the miami Boat show, if so stop by and say hello, I`ll be out back of the convention center Booth # 3752 main Isle last booth before entering the pavillion where the buses pick up and drop off. Hope to see you there, and actually I am told next to me will be a bunch of Offshore racers, go figure huh.

MidOcean

iTrader: (2)

My bad. We were notified in the pits at the Cape Coral Lee County regata by Jerry J. and that was what I was told at that time... keep in mind 1982..