46 Larry Smith Scarab
 

I am looking for information/pictures of Larry Smith's boats. If you could be of any help please e mail me .
[email protected]

I can get info on about
every 46ft Larry Smith that was built.
Not a lot of them around
that have not been sitting
rotting away.
I will EMail you from the
Business Computer with
Photos.
Mike J.

I did some checking over
the weekend and there were
only 6 46ft Larry Smith
Scarabs ever built.
The mold is still here in
SoCal if you want a new
one.
The photos I have are of
the Chuck Norris Twin Cat
W/Arneson surface drives.
It sold W/Hydro Hoist in
Tortola B.V.I. last year.
I did a complete rebuild/
ReRig of the boat for the
Owner of PUSSERS RUM.
He had the Boat 8 years.
I will send you some shots
Mike J.

Mike J,
Post some shots here if you get a chance.:)
Shane

Thanks a lot mike for your time.

Why are these boats somewhere sitting rotting away? Are they slow, unrealiable, have bad handling?

Hey Mike J,
Do you know the history of a certain 43 Larry Smith ? We call it the number 5 boat, I think it was the one that set the some kilo record at 126 .
The boat was mostly white with a real subtle stars and stripes graphic on it.
A friend of a friend owns it , it has triple 1100's with crashboxes and number 6's.

The story I heard was he bought it right from Wellcraft with a broken motor and drive for REAL cheap.

26scarab, The 43ft you ask
about was the GENTRY #5
and the record was 126.38
set Oct.7 1993.
It was running 3 Gentry
Turbo Motors.
I sure I will get a reply
on that from "extremeF1"
I sent your cpoy of the 1990 races yesterday, I
have a 1 or 2 posters of
the Gentry Scarab and I
will send one for your
friend.
Boatrcr185, Bad choice of
words "Rotting" its kind
of a term for not being
use much, I sent you a Email about the one that
has been stripped and setting outside for a few
years.
Mica, I can't post photos
from my Webtv. send me your email, Michael from
Germany has been nice enough to post photos for
me to the Board.
Michael, Your BOX of tapes
and "T" Shirts went out
also.
Mike J. [email protected]

Thanks for the reply and the tape Mike.

Just to let you know, that boat is owned by a pretty wealthy individual and is well maintained. Although it isn't used too much.
Unfortunatly they have not been able to duplicate that original speed. I believe the fastest it has gone was 118 GPS. They have told be it is pretty squirrely at that speed and couldn't imagine what it would be like at 126 !

You are wealth of Scarab information !
There are actually a few Larry Smith boats running around on the nearby lake.

My friend Lenny owns a 31 , that used to be the Patriot Wave boat and I believe it was driven by Craig Archer.

Then another friend had a 38 built around 6-7 years ago, it was blue with American Flag graphics and I believe had Merc 1000's in it. He sold it a few years ago and the new owner has it for sale right now , real cheap !
I really like my Scarab but wish it was one of the 26 CV's then I would really be flying !
It sounds like you have allot of old memorabilia, I'm kind of a collector of the stuff so if you have anything you might want to sell PM or email me.

Chuck

just got one of the 46 larry smiths. should be delivered in a couple weeks, im real excited for this boat.

GREAT, Let me know a little more about it and
perhaps I can fill in some
of the 46s past history.
Mike J.

Boat185: Did some checking
and the 46'Scarab with 2
#5s on each side a a #3
in the center is a boat
that was owned by a man
in NJ, Who also had a vacation home on a island
in Miami, Didn't think he
would ever sell that boat. That is a real find.
Mike J.

Im not sure if that is the same boat. When my parents looked at it it was at the mans house in Lauderdale... intercoastal waters i believe. The man had a skater being built and died. Im not sure... tell me what you think

MikeJ,
Thanks for the photos you sent today:) :) :)

Shane

Yes its the one, With him
passing away would explain
why it is being sold.
He did live on a Island on
the Waterway called Turn
Bow or something like that
his name was Bob Hanley.
Mike J.

thanks mike j youve been a wealth of information. any luck on the speck sheets?

I have the April 2000 Powerboat issue. On page 109 there is an ad for a 46 ft Larry Smith Scarab (very fast). All white with 1000HP evolution engines #6 drives TNT rigged and Bobby Morre maintained. $149,500 Mickey Mills.

Mike J-
I am wrong. My dad said that the person who died was the boats second owner. So I don't know I guess. Maybe this guy had bought it from Mickey Mills a while ago but Micky mills wouldn't sell his boat? Maybe there are two 46's with the #5's and 1 #3, also I think the drives are new than the boat since the #3 is a 3A, and i believe Merc changed that later than the year of the boat, but I will check again. Thanks again

Was bob hanley the first owner of the boat?

Mike J, what kind of boat are you running.

Well I have the FIRST 16ft
Scarab Jet Sprint,The 4th
26ft Larry Smith Flat deck
Second of Two 18 Dagree
bottom Ski/River raceboats
Paul Newman"Actor/racer
ran the other and a 13ft
prototype NAVY remote
control surface target
Boat I made but they used
a ROBOSKI Jet ski that I
also worked on.
Im now involved with SKATER Boats for Rique Ford "Ragamuffin" and Coby
Klein "Kidstuf" and another V-Bottom "XXXXXXX"
which has to be done Mid
Aug.
The 13ft is in my wifes
flower bed so im in trouble. Mike J.

bump for more info on the 46.. :D

that's triple play

I love that one at Rods

Whats the history on it?>(the one @ perf. marine)

Re: 46 Larry Smith Scarab
 

Mike J
Do you know of a guy that used to race a 29 foot Scarab out of California called "Pure Insanity"?

His name was Jeff Brown and he raced in production class in the 70's.

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There is a 46 for sale here in Europe. It is said to be the Chuck Norris boat it has Cat 3126 engines and #6 drives it is all black. Here are 2 pictures of it. What is a boat like this worth ?

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I have not seen the Chuck Norris 46ft in a few years but I
heard that the Owner sold it about 3 years ago.
I did a rerig of the boat at Team Scarab in the 90s for the
owner of "PUSSERS" RUM and delivered it to the Island of
TORTOLA in the B.V.I.
The boat was Yellow with the Pussers name down both sides
and the LoGo on the top deck, It had CAT motors but it had
Arneson surface drives (Drop Boxs) Charles and Joanna Tobias
Named it Yellow Bird.
Charles told me he had sold it along with a number of other
items to buy back "Pussers Rum" from the Jim Beam company.
Please let me know if it is in fact the same boat I have
the hull number and "ALL" Larry Smith Scarabs have the hull
numbers glassed into the Hull in a place inside the bow for
a record. The numbers start with SQR.
EMail me and I will send somephotos
Mike Jenkins [email protected]
EX MEMBER TEAM SCARAB IN CALIFORNIA U.S.A.

Re: 46 Larry Smith Scarab
 

What about this boat? Anyone know anything about it? It says that it is only 1 of 5 made.

http://www.bullockmarine.com/boat_li..._31/index.html

Re: 46 Larry Smith Scarab
 

Din't know the particular boat but I remember Wellcraft doing several limited editions- one I believe was an Emerson Fittipaldi signature boat

Bruce Bullock is as straight as they come and a nice guy to boot. You can't go wrong dealing with him

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The Gentry 46 was in the hands of a used car dealer- at least a year or so ago. I came across it on the net one evening. They were asking $75K for it - hull and trailer.

$95 for one with triple III's is alot of dough. Maybe with triple VI's.............

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94scarab29, Thats one of the Wellcraft built boats that was
used in the Hi-Performance driving School a few years back.
Yes Donnie W. was involved in the building of those boats
anda lady named Zora F. was in charge of the bookings and
paperwork.
Wellcraft had a number of the very best drivers as trainers
most of the boats went to the Houston Texas area when the
school was shut down
The boats were very well built had the best of care.
Mike J.

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Thanks Guys!

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hi were is this boat i rerig in 1989 i install two 3208 cats and # 6 drive im christopher atkinson 909-213-1413
deltatow.com
is it for sale ???? let me know
thanks chris [email protected]

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The 46 in Europe is / was on the West Coast of Scotland. It is the boat driven by Chuck Norris and was Drambuie Challenger - not to be confused with the later Drambuie boat that was a 50 with 4 Cats. I say 'was' as it's nolonger in existance due to a nasty accident involving a train when the boat trailer got stuck on a crossing.

The boat was sold to Drambuie by my father and I to do the Round Britain record. I've got some photos of it in Sarasota before we shipped it to Europe and also once it got here in the Drambuie colours. Think I may even have a copy of the promo video.

Let me know if i can be of any help.

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www.teamscarab.com
Larry is da man for big scarabs. :cool:

does anybody now were #6 larry smith 46' is

Home,Home on the range.
Dale is that you? This is Jeff.

no this is Mitch . good friends with Dale . just fishing .