Hey guys! A gentleman in Australia apparently saw my Cary 28 on Instagram and reached out to me with these pics asking if I thought his unidentified hull might be a Cary as well. After looking more closely and him telling me that beam was just under 8’, I responded that it must be something else, plus there were several other differentiating details that excluded a Cary 28 from the list of possible origins, and it is 28’ he says. Some extensive mods have obviously been made to the cap. But it was indeed originally twin inboards. I told him I would gladly reach out to the gang of experts here, and if additional information is needed, I’m sure he’ll provide if known. So what do you guys think it might be? Thanks of course for any time and input you can offer.

-Reid

888........its a single, where do you see two transom cuts for drives

It was in OP's description

Thanks for your A I generated response

So, how did you come to find OSO???
Your profile says you're from the US, but your IP addresses for your posts show they were made from the Netherlands and Cameroon Africa just days apart??

The crease below the gunnel, the chine and strakes look very similar to the Alan Jones Marine Scarab 29. (An Aussie Scarab, not Wellcraft) There were several built from mid 80’s, always a few on the market in varying condition.
However, the Aussies Scarabs were beamier than 8’. Did he measure the beam accurately?

Thanks guys for the responses thus far. I reached back to the owner regarding the beam and he confirmed it near amidships at 2.4m or roughly 7’-10”. I’ve copied him on all the responses from here and he expresses his gratitude. He mentioned something about the more stringent AUS trailering rules also which apparently led to some narrower boats than what we’d see here for the same LOA. No other AUS members here to weigh in?

I said the Aussie Scarabs were wider than 8’ but I could be wrong.
It’s been a long time since my days running them and maybe they are a bit narrower. I can’t find much on the net about them, but I’ll keep looking. There have been several owners who trailered them without issues, and as you say, 2.5m is the limit for most of Australia.

Can’t help seeing a resemblance to the 29 version.

The original 29’ ‘brochure boat’ had twins, I think they were 190hp, so it was an economical choice during rising fuel prices. It didn’t sell well, and subsequent boats had single v8’s and a very few had twin v8’s. (That brochure boat had grey over black striping above/below the gunnel and no molded bow sprit)

RR