Did Scarab ever make a 50' hull?
 

Saw a boat that said scarab on it at loto on blocks, did'nt know they made a 50' its not rigged, would it be worth anything? owner wants to get rid of it before they put the overpass in right over top of it.

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Yes there's a 50 footer.

http://www.offshoreonly.com/esvon/page-2819.html

Values depends a lot on condition...

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Scarab Meteor = 50'. Don't know anything about them, other than that they are huge.

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HUGE is right. I was at a boat auction in NJ about 2 years ago, and they had a 50' Scarab with triple gas motors. They claim it was Vince McMahon's of WWF fame. It didn't sell......I couldn't imagine paying the gas bill back then :eek:

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That thing is BAD!!!!! :eek: :bunny: :eek: :eek: :drink: :drink: :drink:

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my friend had one in sarasota, HUGE
mike

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The Wellcraft 50' Scarab Meteor was also available with Caterpillar diesels.
It was in production from 1987 to 1992. She has a 9' 4" beam and with triple gas and TRS weighed around 14,000 lbs.
Arnesons came with the 420 hp 3208 TA Cats. I don't know if Larry Smith built any of these.

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Theres one about 3 miles down the road, its been sitting with no power for about 8-10 years now. Owned by a friend from years ago, its huge down below but I wouldn't exactly call them an offshore racer. It had triple 502s and he claimed did 70 - no way. It was rare that he had 2 motors running never mind 3. He's a big talker and for 5 years claimed had 575's for it, it was going to do 90....:rolleyes: .... He tried listing it for 90K without power, its gut the fugliest paint job and called Tsunami. you can buy one complete with diesels for lot less than that. It is the Pimp Daddy for bringing broads back to it after a night of bar hopping / Buy it as a condo and sleep on it on week-ends.

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i think wellcraft used the name on this model to go after the people who wanted both worlds, big and heavy, not exactly fast though

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One of the wildest things I ever saw at a race- A car dealer here used to have one of those with triple 454 420's in it. Ran about 60-which in 1990 wasn't too shabby. Well tech tells him he cant race unless the windshield is covered or removed. So they decide to remove it-with a hammer. Just broke the sucker off, right there in the parking lot, thousands of dollars worth of windshield. He had a state of the art nav system in this thing and word was he ran the whole race on autopilot. I never saw him throttle it, just left them on the stops and let it eat :D

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That was a waste to destroy that windshield. Foam and duct tape would have satisfied the officials.

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they look nice BIG :D

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I agree, hell some of the boats that year just used cardboard and duct tape on the windshields (lots of windshields as I recall :D ) . I suspect that boat must still be around somewhere-it was called Triple Play and I think they did a feature in Powerboat on it.

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just 1400??hmn our 42 dry with trips bravos weighs near that...not bad for a huge 50 footer :eek:

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they weighed more than 14k, more like 18-19k

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YES, There was one 50' SCARAB Built by Team Scarab in california.
The hull and deck were built in Orange County, Then it was moved to the "SKUNK" Works in Ventura Ca. to be removed from the mold and the Hull and deck were glassed and some rigging was done.
The molds then went back to O.C. and the Boat went to Corona Ca.for Final full rigging.
The Boat was done for the Drambuie Company in Scotland and was raced around the British Isles and set and number of True Offshore records.
The Boat met a untimely end on the Railroad tracks in Miami Florida when the driver towing it got it High Centrered on the railroad tracks and when he went to call for help it got hit by a train.
TRUE STORY
The Mold was cut up to make the Bottom for a 63ft SCARIB.
The SCARIB a Ridged Bottom Inflatable was never finished as far as I know.
The End.....Mike J.

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They even ended up in japan....

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If I remember right, there was a Wellcraft dealer right where Casey's and Culvers sits in the early 90's and they had that monster on display. Of course we had to pull in and take a look "Triples" no way! :D

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It needs a brass pole in the cabin

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I have a friend with a 50' Wellcraft Meteor it has triple 510's in it.....can't recall the speed it runs...but I do remember it likes gas!....Fred

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A buddy has one here on the upper Mississippi river. I believe it's an 87 or something close to that. Trip 420's with TRS and runs 55mph tops. The cockpits are relatively small for the that size boat, but the cabin if enourmous.

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Heres some pics of engine compartment of my friend's 50' Meteror. trip 454/420 Merc with Gil etc.
Also a pic with my little 312 Stinger behind....


Mange

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This Meteor belongs to a buddy of mine - tripple Mercruiser 420's.

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WTF! :evilb:

LOL that's a bit of Sweden Power :cool:

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There's a 46 Larry Smith in the classifieds. Looks like it could be a fast boat with the right power.

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Yeah, its a 45 Corsa on the same picture... (Extended 41').
Twin 300hp's Ford Sabre diesels SSM #3.

The 50' Scarab is a 57mph boat!! not bad. 22' Bravo's made that boat much more lighter than before

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That's been sitting there, uncovered, forever.
But then again, it's not like Scarabs were known for stringer or transom rot issues when left out like that. :p

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Gary its funny, same thing with the one in my area, its been out in the elements for years with ripped green tarp. Its not like we get any rain or snow in NH or anything! I ran the rot issue by the owner when I bumped into him a month ago and he thought I was nuts. :rolleyes:

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Those are some Big Azz MOFO's. Don't think the wifes Impala can pull that out at the launch!! :p

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Oh yes the are..... Heres my friend 50' Scarab out on BalticSea

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I think we found the cause of last years sunami - :eek:

I bought Tsunami 2 years ago and have retrofit it with trip 502 mag mpi's and bravo 3x's should be interesting to see what it does.Had help from wellcraft senting it up and they claim I should see 70+

Any 50's for sale for a good price sitting somewhere??????

hilarious:drink:

Over 1m invested. Doh :angry-smiley-038:

That thing would make my 87 43' Wellcraft Portifino look small!!! Thats crazy.
Quinlan

beautiful boat..makes me think twice about goin fast...might want to slow down and spend weekends out.

That thing looks awesome!!!! Even put an Xbox in the entertainement center.......But feeding triple 614's would be brutal.

Here's some pictures of it, the owners says it will run like 85+mph and has a trailer for it.http://www.offshoreonlyclassifieds.c...o26356-en.html