Wellcraft is a brand of American powerboats . It was founded in 1955, making wooden runabouts . The company is owned by Groupe Beneteau , part of its Rec Boat subsidiary.
8-701: In 1982, Wellcraft purchased California Yachts from the Marshall Boat Company and in 1987 sold it back to them. In 2014, Groupe Beneteau acquired Rec Boat Holdings (Wellcraft, Four Winns , Scarab , and Glastron ). Wellcraft created the Wellcraft Saltwater Fishing School to teach new Wellcraft owners how to become better fishermen. It also created Wellcraft's High Performance Boot Camp to teach new Wellcraft owners how to get "maximum thrills" out of their new purchase while operating them safely. Its Scarab line of boats , specifically,
16-614: Is a French sail and motorboat manufacturer, with production facilities in France and in the United States. The company is a large and recognized boat builder, with its holding company (Groupe Beneteau) now also holding other prestigious brands, such as Jeanneau and its multihull subsidiary Lagoon in 1995. Shipwright Benjamin Bénéteau [ fr ] founded the company in 1884, at Croix-de-Vie , France to build sailing trawlers. In
24-475: The Scarab 38 KV was featured on Miami Vice . The Wellcraft Scarab 38 KVs were a 28-hued, twin 440-hp boat that sold for $ 130,000 in 1986. As a result of the publicity the show gave Wellcraft, the company received "an onslaught of orders", increasing sales by 21 percent in one year. In appreciation, Wellcraft gave Don Johnson an exact duplicate of the boat featured on the show. Altogether, one hundred copies of
32-545: The First 30 model designed by Andre Mauric. The current First models being offered include: Introduced in 2010, the Sense range is a modern interpretation of a cruising yacht, incorporating several industry firsts, while the company continued to produce the more conventional Oceanis cruising range. It introduced innovations to the deck, superstructure, and interior design. In 2018 Beneteau purchased Seascape and rebrand it products under
40-570: The Marion plant had built more than 8,700 boats. The Marion plant was closed in September 2020 and production was moved to the existing facilities in France. Below is a list of Beneteau yacht models. These are racer/cruiser sailboats, with a higher emphasis on the racing aspects, yet are substantially equipped for comfortable cruising. They are equipped with tall fractional rigs, high performance keels and upgraded deck hardware. Introduced in 1976 with
48-521: The boat (dubbed the "Scarab 38KV Miami Vice Edition") were built by Wellcraft. The Miami Vice graphics and color scheme, which included turquoise, aqua, and orchid, was available by special order on any model Scarab from 20–38 feet. Don Johnson also designed the Scarab Excel 43 ft, Don Johnson Signature Series (DJSS), and raced a similar one. The Don Johnson Signature Series was powered by twin 650-hp Lamborghini V-12's, which caused some problems to
56-595: The design of the boat due to their size. Overall the boat cost $ 300,000 with each engine amounting to between $ 60–$ 70,000. In the 1980s Wellcraft started a sailboat division, called Starwind. The division operated until about 1984, producing a line of small sailboats, including the Starwind 19 , Starwind 22 , Starwind 223 and Buccaneer 18 centerboard boats. Groupe Beneteau Lagoon Excess Delphia Four Winns Wellcraft Scarab Beneteau or Bénéteau ( French pronunciation: [beneto] )
64-608: The mid sixties, Benjamin's grandchildren Annette Bénéteau Roux and her brother André Bénéteau introduced a line of fiberglass boats. The main production facility is in France, with five factories in the Vendée area. However, they have one US plant in Marion, South Carolina , which produces boats for the American market and opened in 1986. Since then, the factory has nearly doubled in size to about 250,000 square feet (23,000 m ). By May 2017,
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