Scarab (boat)

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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".

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  2. Scarab Center Console Fishing Boats Archived 2013-10-20 at the Wayback Machine , Wellcraft.com
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  4. Kaama Marine heritage
  5. "The Boats Behind the Grand Tour Presents: Seamen". 12 December 2019.