Smokin Joe's [ATTACH=CONFIG]533692[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]533693[/ATTACH]first trip to Catalina, and Long Beach

I would like to hear how it went. I won't be ready until spring have a few other things I need to take care of. But would love to see some pictures of the trip. I have a few friends out here in Sacramento. We only boat int the river may be a few small trips to the delta.

Would be nice to hit some new water.

Steve

Giddy up

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I have restored and built four in twenty five years.I put together and raced the trade winds 78 300 in GLOPRA in the 80's. The yellow 78 300 I took completely apart, painted and rebuilt engines. 89 38 Excel I ordered at the dealer I worked at and bought it from a guy eleven years later.




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1979 Larry Smith Race Scarab we found in a warehouse in 2004 and built for a customer in Marina Del Rey CA[ATTACH=CONFIG]536210[/ATTACH] Twin staggered 598 EFI with VI drives.

Dan, were all the Wellcraft hulls originally designed by Larry Smith or did they design some of their own also ?

Only the boats with the Scarab badge were Larry's design. The boat in the picture is one of the original race boats that Larry built super light weight we had to go in and reinforce the deck and sides because there were so thin. The old days when the lighter the better.

So the entire Scarab line from Wellcraft were Larrys design from the smallest to the largest (except the meteor), straight bottom and step? Thanks. I'll leave the picture thread alone now.