Lights Out??
 

Hi all, I have grown up boating all my life in Michigan. I was wondering if anyone remembers an all black offshore boat named Lights Out that would have been running in Lake St. Clair in the early to mid1970s? I was a young boy on my Grandfathers 36 Chris Craft cruiser when I remember this boat jumped our wake and blew by us. It was very exciting and left an impression on me some 35/40 years latter. Unfortunately at that time I was probably under 10 years old so really wouldn't know make or model of the boat other than being a black hull with its name on the sides.

I have the same memory of that boat. It was parked at jefferson beach.

I saw it @ Sun Up Marina, or Bobby Moore's Shipping Channel marina on the Salt River. Remember the yellow 40' Cig, called [Big Bird , King Kong] or the 38' Excalibur PEGASUS ?? All back in the mid 70's.

How about the one called booby trap? May have been a Corsa.

Lake St Clair was ground zero of the Great Lakes for offshore boats & offshore racing from the 1970's to around 2005, it was a GREAT RIDE.

hahaha you got hooked early. lol i did too, i remember being out on my father's sailboat coming out of government cut, i didn't even hear the big azz grinding offshore boat come up on us til it launched off our wake and went flying by us about 70 mph.. it was f ing awesome to a 14 year old kid... my dad was like ahole, and i was yeah boy, i wanna be that ahole!

Mark the picture of Kenny Blacks Rhino looks like speedmaster lowers on Volvo drives? Is this the E drive foots?

Great!, My Grandfather kept his Chris Crafts at Miller Marina since 1953 up till the early 80’s. We were probably making the run either to the marina from the Clinton River Boat Club in the Middle channel or vice versa when Lights Out did the drive by. Did you know what kind of boat it was?

That’s frickin’ hilarious you say that! My Grandma was the same way when Lights Out flew by us!......she said something towards him short of swearing..lol. And I was like, That’s going to be me someday!!!

Do you remember the make of Lights Out? I moved to the North end of the Lake in 2006 and rack store on the Salt River at Anchor Bay Marina.

Greg they were E Volvo drives. When Kenny Black went to Jack Roush Ford power in this Magnum the E drives did not stand a chance.:party-smiley-004:

Black with white/green lettering "lights out sock it to me" ?

With Kenny Nothing stood a chance. When Kenny had the Whopper his Cary, we would go out perch fishing in 6 footers. He would get on plane and gunnit screaming this is whopper weather. LOL He lived full throttle. The tops look similar to my 280's? Any E Drives around yet?

His original Whopper before the Cary was a red wooden Lyman with Roush motors and it was fast too.

Katanna;4009681]How about the one called booby trap? May have been a Corsa.[/QUOTE]

It was a Corsa, named after a gentlemans club on 8 mile Rd in Detroit, at some point it was stolen and found on the beach in Bell River Canada.:party-smiley-004:

It was a Corsa, named after a gentlemans club on 8 mile Rd in Detroit, at some point it was stolen and found on the beach in Bell River Canada.:party-smiley-004:[/QUOTE]
When I new the boat the guy tried to launch his wife out of it. He later tried to blow her up on his bigger 44 foot trojan in the covered wells at jeff beach. They found 14 sticks of dynomite on the boat-that would have left a mark. His boating days ended, never saw him again. Think the name of his big boat was froide and guild or some thing.

Did lights out have a woman painted on the side? Or am I haveing a memory lapse?

i dunno about those, but I remember a 30' Superboat-Supercat, named "Lights Out" Red with white letters, almost looked identical to "Extractor" Superboat cat. Don't think many of those were built??

Burn Baby Burn

Forgot pics

you are correct, was owned by eddie fuegate, he changed light bulbs for the big 3 he was a eletc contractor , was a 35 or 38 cig i think it was orignaly called "bittersweet"

Rob was it Eddie Fugates Cig before Frank raced it as Bittersweet ? Later it became Franks BURN BABY BURN, it later was stolen & turned up in the Clinton Twp Mi police impound yard were these pic's were taken around 1983. Today, last heard it was in a Ohio field..

I remember Frank had a 38' Scarab that also had a mural of a woman on it, I also remember his dock partners red/white/orange 38 Scarab named Turbo. Then there was a 30' yellow Scarab named Slap Shot that was tender to an old 50' Chris Craft also named Slap Shot...........Anybody else remember any other boats not mentioned from Lake St. Clair?? I was just a kid then, those were the days!!!

bittersweet became burn baby burn, lighs out orignaly was white with green and was re painted black with green lettering frank secula was burn baby burn last i heard he was selling nick nacks at gibralter trade center, edie fuegate dont know where he went , king kong / big bird was was a 39 cig and a" turd" dick carlson and dan patrona owned it , carlson is around and patrona i saw 2 weeks ago hes still wheeling and dealing. pegasus was a 3 eng signature/ excalibur belonged to leo dedairan ig got stolen and striped and found in a gravel pit but somehow the interior was in harvy whits party store at sun up marina-HUMMMM?? what about "united america" the 32 spectra with the tunnel ram motors, man a lot of noise came from our side of the bay, youd hear it comming -it was like name that tune, none of it was fast but the sound was music to the ear

That's it! Couldn't think of it. Loved that boat.

United America used to sit in a well at Michigan Owens. Their was also a 32 spectra at shipwreck marine in Detroit for a few years. It had twin turbos mounted on log exhaust. The little smidgen spectra went from randy kluge at Jefferson beach to randy victory at jeff beach. At that point it received some not so pleasing upgrades such as an arch and tall wrap around windshield. Still had the jomar engines in it. Was for sale in Ohio last year and the motors were replaced with small block 260s. Guy said it ran 52. Shame it used to be pretty fast.

Anybody know what happened to lunatic fringe? Big orange arronow with hull number marked experimental. Another twin turbo boat, think it was 43 ft. Ran 118 which was fast for its day. I remember putting the heads on with Mike Bennet and it used fishing line and soft copper.

I believe it was a Aronow ......

Sorry h20, iPad auto correct.
That's the beast. I still have a couple snapshots of it. The orange was so bright you could see it miles away.

These are from Fort Lauderdale, early eighties if I remember correctly. 38 Cig.

They were a wild bunch!!

That is it, & it still had Michigan state tags.

thanks Mbam

Great looking boat!! Love seeing the classics actually back in their time....
that "38 cig" looks a lot like a 35 mistress... in fact Im certain of it you can tell by the interior...
lights out was a 35 mistress!

Senza, was the 38 Scarab named Turbo kept at Keens in Detroit? I remember as a kid in the early 80's there being a Scarab at Keens Marina that was painted orange and yellow and red and it had a prostock scoops on the engine hatch that said "turbo"

It was at Emerald City Harbor in the mid 80's.........not sure where it went after that.

And speaking of Detroit & Scarabs Here is a pic of my 38' Scarab that I bought from the Porterfield Willson [Detroit Pontiac car dealer] estate. This Scarab was originally's Sonny Gandee's who had Showdown marine down in Wyandotte Mi. Sonny sold it to Poterfield and it was call WAR HAWK. Because of it's checkered past :picard1: I had it quickly repainted it bright yellow with flames up @ Tiger Fiberglass in Maryville Mi. It was a tank & not very fast but BIG., where it is today ????????

Thank you for sharing!!...brought back memories for me.

Some great names and faces in this thread............. Great memories :):) Thank for the pics' and names. Race in piece Mike Bennett (he was a good friend and taught me a lot) .....................................

Yes Eddie Fugate was my grandfather and he did own LIGHTS OUT, if anyone knows where and if this boat is still around i would like to know who owns it and if it will every be for sale one day?

Do you happen to know where at in Ohio? This was my grandfather boat and would love the chance to own it!!

That was my grandfathers boat