Wellcraft Scarab Sport

Scarab is a brand of high performance power boats formerly owned by Wellcraft and currently by Rec Boat Holdings,[1] a subsidiary of Groupe Beneteau. Wellcraft still makes a line of fishing boats which are currently known as Scarab Offshore.[1][2]

Scarab boats were popularly featured in the 1980s TV series Miami Vice. As of the second season of the series, the main character Sonny Crockett piloted a Wellcraft 38 Scarab KV.[3] In Riptide, the counterpart to the eponymous boat where the detectives work is the Ebb Tide, a 38' Scarab powered by KAAMA Power Systems.[4] Scarab also was a main feature of the TV show Baywatch from season 2 onwards. One was used by television presenter Richard Hammond in a special episode of The Grand Tour entitled "The grand tour presents... Seamen".[5] The boat livery originally said "Razzle Dazzle" but this was changed by co-presenters Jeremy Clarkson and James May to say "Jizzle Drizzle".

References

  1. ^ a b Scarab makes a comeback as a new line of jet boats, Pete McDonald, Boating Magazine
  2. ^ Scarab Center Console Fishing Boats Archived 2013-10-20 at the Wayback Machine, Wellcraft.com
  3. ^ Cole, Tim (May 1986). "The Machines of Miami Vice: The car, the boats, the guns that make it TV's hottest show". Popular Mechanics. 152 (5). Hearst Corp.: 89–91.
  4. ^ Kaama Marine heritage
  5. ^ "The Boats Behind the Grand Tour Presents: Seamen". 12 December 2019.

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