Scarab is a brand of high performance power boats formerly owned by

Wellcraft Wellcraft LLC is a major manufacturer of American powerboats. It was founded in 1955, making wooden runabouts. The company slogan is, "Own the offshore". Acquisitions In 1982, Wellcraft purchased California Yachts from the Marshall Boat Company a ...

and currently by

Rec Boat Holdings REC or Rec is a shortening of Recording, the process of capturing data onto a storage medium. REC may also refer to: Educational institutes * Regional Engineering College, colleges of engineering and technology education in India * Rajalakshmi E ...

,Scarab makes a comeback as a new line of jet boats
Pete McDonald, Boating Magazine a subsidiary of

Groupe Beneteau Beneteau or Bénéteau () is a French sail and motor boat manufacturer, with production facilities in France and in the United States. The company is a large and recognized boat builder, commanding a substantial worldwide market, with its holdi ...

. Wellcraft still makes a line of fishing boats which are currently known as ''Scarab Offshore''.Scarab Center Console Fishing Boats
, Wellcraft.com 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 Sonny is a common nickname and occasional given name. Often it can be a derivative of the English word "Son", a name derived from the Ancient Germanic element *sunn meaning "sun", a nickname derived from the Italian name Salvatore (especially in N ...

piloted a Wellcraft 38 Scarab KV. In Riptide, the counterpart to the eponymous boat where the detectives work is the Ebb Tide, a 38' Scarab powered by KAAMA Power Systems. Scarab also was a main feature of the TV show '' Baywatch'' from season 2 onwards. One was used by television presenter

Richard Hammond Richard Mark Hammond (born 19 December 1969) is an English journalist, television presenter, mechanic, and writer. He is best known for co-hosting the BBC Two motoring programme ''Top Gear'' from 2002 until 2015 with Jeremy Clarkson and Jame ...

in a special episode of The Grand Tour entitled "The grand tour presents... Seamen". 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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* American boat builders {{commonscat, Scarab boats