"Starwind 223 sailboat specifications and details".
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"Don Johnson's new Scarab gets all the bells and whistles Wellcraft can muster, plus a few new tricks. ^ a b c Schryver, Doug (February 1988)."The Machines of Miami Vice: The car, the boats, the guns that make it TV's hottest show". The division operated until about 1984, producing a line of small sailboats, including the Starwind 223 and Buccaneer 18 centerboard boats. In the 1980s Wellcraft started a sailboat division, called Starwind. Overall the boat cost $300,000 with each engine amounting to between $60–$70,000. The Don Johnson Signature Series was powered by twin 650-hp Lamborghini V-12's, which caused some problems to the design of the boat due to their size. ĭon Johnson also designed the Scarab Excel 43 ft, Don Johnson Signature Series (DJSS), and raced a similar one. 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. Altogether, one hundred copies of the boat (dubbed the "Scarab 38KV Miami Vice Edition") were built by Wellcraft. In appreciation, Wellcraft gave Don Johnson an exact duplicate of the boat featured on the show. 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. The Wellcraft Scarab 38 KVs were a 28-hued, twin 440-hp boat that sold for $130,000 in 1986. Sleeps 3 small gally with sink ready to sail for your over night trip.Boat comes with main sail 100 jib and a 130 jib also comes with a 9.9 nissan long shaft out board last bottom job was done. Its Scarab line of boats, specifically, the Scarab 38 KV was featured on Miami Vice. About this Sailboat: This is a 1986 starwind 223 vary fast boat This is a great boat for the bay has a shallow draft 1ft 10 in with the swing keel up.
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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. Wellcraft created the Wellcraft Saltwater Fishing School to teach new Wellcraft owners how to become better fishermen. In 2017, Groupe Beneteau acquired Rec Boat Holdings (Wellcraft, Four Winns, Scarab, and Glastron). In 1982, Wellcraft purchased California Yachts from the Marshall Boat Company and in 1987 sold it back to them.
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