The original Miami Vice Scarab - restored!

[Ari]

Came across this on another forum, I remember this beast from the eighties!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74prTiUTsh4

Great to see it's still going strong.

[fatboy69]

That takes me back & makes me feel even older!!!

[mickrick]

My brother-in-Law and I bought a Tempest 44 in Rhodes some years back, and we hopped it back 1600nm accross the Med to Palma Mallorca.
We Knicknamed ourselves "Sprocket and Hubs" all the way back!
We also got pulled a lot by tooled up Customs Guys in fast ribs, and some serious gunboats on the way back!

[Ari]

mickrick said:

We also got pulled a lot by tooled up Customs Guys in fast ribs, and some serious gunboats on the way back!

I wonder why..!!

[mickrick]

Tell me! We thought we where cool. Spent 6k on fuel to get it back though.
Ours was more like this one without the sportfishing gear.
http://www.tempestyachts.net/packs/t44riviera.pdf
Kept it about three years, good fun, but not a good boat to be honest. The two 420 hp Cats where nice though.
Although I'd prefer the Scarab

[topsparks]

I've got the poor mans option,only 26",but its still got a V8!and I am a Crockett!

[Manks]

topsparks said:

I've got the poor mans option,only 26",but its still got a V8!and I am a Crockett!

No, if it's really 26" you are a midget.

[topsparks]

Manks said:

No, if it's really 26" you are a midget.

That would be 26 FEET!

[Ari]

mickrick said:

Tell me! We thought we where cool. Spent 6k on fuel to get it back though.
Ours was more like this one without the sportfishing gear.
http://www.tempestyachts.net/packs/t44riviera.pdf
Kept it about three years, good fun, but not a good boat to be honest. The two 420 hp Cats where nice though.
Although I'd prefer the Scarab

I've got to say, that is a really really cool boat!

[mickrick]

Nice looking 26" Crocket!
The Tempest was a heavy boat, so she would only manage about 40knts. The Cats, sounded nice when the Turbo's kicked in, and the T-Torque drive kicked up a nice rooster tail.
Regards, Sprocket.