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The Wellcraft Scarab 38 KVs were a 28-hued, twin 440-hp boat that sold for $130,000 in 1986. [4] 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. [4] In appreciation, Wellcraft gave Don Johnson an exact duplicate of the boat featured on the show. [4]
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 ]
Non-county Area: Disputed, but possibly the Elkhart Native American people: 20 206,409: 463 sq mi (1,199 km 2) Fayette County: 041: Connersville: Jan 29, 1818: Franklin Wayne County and Non-county Area: Marquis de la Fayette, French noble who trained colonial soldiers in the American Revolutionary War: 21 23,362: 215 sq mi (557 km 2) Floyd ...
A Thompson dealer in the Detroit area bought the assets from the bankruptcy court and the entire operation was moved from Peshtigo to St. Charles, Michigan that year. 76 years of boat building tradition at Peshtigo came to an end. The revitalized Thompson Boat at St. Charles slowly rebuilt, but bankruptcy was declared in 1993.
As of 20 June 2015, the 68-acre Jeffboat shipyard is owned by American Commercial Lines Inc. (ACL), a company also based in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Mark Knoy is the CEO. In turn, Platinum Equity owns ACL, the largest inland shipbuilder in the United States, building both river barges and ocean barges.
The boat has a draft of 5.00 ft (1.52 m) with the centerboard extended and 1.83 ft (0.56 m) with it retracted, allowing ground transportation on a trailer. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The boat is normally fitted with a small 3 to 6 hp (2 to 4 kW) outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.
A number of private owners cared for and operated the boat from 1929 until 2007 when title was transferred to a nonprofit organization called Dixie Sternwheeler Inc., which operates the boat for regular summer cruises from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day and to allow chartered events such as weddings, retirement home outings, and company ...
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