crmax

ex20, are the excaliburs hull made the same as the smaller scarabs?

crmax

ex20, what do you have in your boat, how fast, what prop and does it chine walk

EX20

crmax,

The hulls are supposed to be the same as the older smaller Scarabs. The small delta pad of the keel on our boats may not have been on the older Scarabs. I think they were but don't quote me on that. I need to look at more pictures of the early and mid-nineties 23 and 26ft Scarabs.

My boat has a stock 310hp 7.4L MPI motor with a Corsa thru-hull eaxhaust turning a 23 pitch Mirage Plus at about 4500-4600 RPM. It runs 61-63mph on GPS. That's with two people and about a half tank of gas.

It chinewalks like you wouldn't believe to get that speed. I was told to try a four-blade Bravo One prop to get the stern farther out of the water so I don't have to trim as far up. I have to use almost full trim right now and that's not right. The angle the boat is running is what is causing the chinewalk......I think? I've been told I should not need more than about half of the full trim range to run top speed.

Any suggestions or advice out there?

crmax

do you have trim tabs? I have the same setup except for the corsa exhaust ( picking up quick & quiet 2 this week) mine chine walks also and so does another on this board, all at the same speed. trim tabs seem to help me but I need more seat time to tell how much.

EX20

I don't have trim tabs. I was told that they help but I am not interested in putting them on just yet. I am going to try a different prop first.

Mike J

Wellcraft has replaced
Scarabs with the Excaliber
Boats, Some say they used
the Scarab molds but they
say no.
All I can say is WHY is
the Excaliber even on a
Scarab Page.
Mike J.

EX20

Wow, great input to this thread from Mike J. Everyone else agree. Actually, I don't think that any of the factory reps, salesmen or Wellcraft mechanics I've spoken to would agree. I guess myself and all other Excalibur owners should not post in this area. Sorry. I guess we just don't belong.

The Excalibur's and Scarab's are even featured in the same dealer brochure.

Check out this article. Is Eric Colby wrong?
http://www.boatingmag.com/boattests/...html?BTestID=8

crmax

I cant see how they could use the same molds I think the excaliburs beam is wider. as far as posting to the scarab page being that wellcraft does not make a scarab under 29' I guess the only new wellcraft perfomance boat owners that would post here make alot more money than I do, maybe I should have bought a baja

29scarab

I'm not sure if they make the 18 or the 22 anymore????

Don't buy a Baja !!!!

crmax

when I bought my boat there was a 29' scarab for I think 38,000 very nice boat, but out of my price range , with 2 young kids a house and 2 cars on one income Ill have to hope I can upgrade later