Ratickle
Founding Member / Super Moderator
The latest issue of Power & Motoryacht has a list of what they say are The World's Top Boats, 90 Designs That Changed Boating Forever. They have some interesting choices, I recommend reading it if you get the chance. However, all of you may find one of the choices some fun to read:
"Wellcraft Scarab 22
1994-1998 Designed by Larry Smith
Okay, So they are most likely not going to believe this. But one of our editors, many years ago, had the pure unadulterated adrenaline-rushy pleasure of operating a Wellcraft 22 Scarab at well over 70 mph in 6- to 8-foot seas on Sarasota Bay. Most Scarab models had reputations for being speedy at that time, but the 22 was, in this particular editors mind, the mind-blowingest performance boat he'd ever run, bar none. And he was basing that conclusion on previous driving experiences in Fountains, Skaters, Formulas, Cigarettes, Apaches, Donzis, Super Hawaii's Hallets, Hustlers, Sonics, and any number of other performance boats he'd had the opportunity to sea trial."
"Wellcraft Scarab 22
1994-1998 Designed by Larry Smith
Okay, So they are most likely not going to believe this. But one of our editors, many years ago, had the pure unadulterated adrenaline-rushy pleasure of operating a Wellcraft 22 Scarab at well over 70 mph in 6- to 8-foot seas on Sarasota Bay. Most Scarab models had reputations for being speedy at that time, but the 22 was, in this particular editors mind, the mind-blowingest performance boat he'd ever run, bar none. And he was basing that conclusion on previous driving experiences in Fountains, Skaters, Formulas, Cigarettes, Apaches, Donzis, Super Hawaii's Hallets, Hustlers, Sonics, and any number of other performance boats he'd had the opportunity to sea trial."
It says that in their peak they were selling 145 of them a year. They said it has been compared to a shoe and a flat iron. I think both of those descriptions are very generous.....
