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Wellcraft Launches Flagship 435 Adventure Cruiser

Wellcraft is introducing its new flagship 435 Performance Cruiser to the U.S. market at the big Fort Lauderdale show next week, doubling down on what it calls “go anywhere, do anything” boats and amping up the rebirth of a once-proud brand. Wellcraft introduced its first Performance Cruiser, a 355, in May of 2022, and the boat was welcomed in Europe where it was made and in the U.S. It was Wellcraft’s first entry into the rapidly growing lineup of all-weather, adventure cruising boats that were made popular by Scandinavian builders. The 355 also marked the rejuvenation of Wellcraft, once one…

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Wellcraft Comes Back with 355 Adventure Cruiser

Wellcraft is coming back – back, at least, to the world of fast cruising boats where it once was a major player. Now owned by the Beneteau Group, Wellcraft just announced that it’s making a new 35-foot cruiser, powered by three outboards with 1,050-hp as part of a new direction. We’ll have more details in a few weeks, and the first boat, the Wellcraft 355 (pictured above), will be displayed at the Cannes show in September. I well remember Wellcraft’s heyday in the 1980s, when Bob Long was running the company, Irwin Jacobs owned it, and Don Johnson, aka Sonny…