History

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Originally Posted by bgreene

Chris Craft had a boat they named Scorpion .
Seemed same Hull as V and boats look close to same

There was a guy named Mike Carrigan floating around on some forums who told many tales about the South Florida boat building industry in the 60's and 70's. If I remember correctly, Dick Genth took over Wellcraft around 1969 and expanded them from a local builder into a national brand. The first thing he did was purchase the V-20 design. The V-20 became a sales leader among all brands and when he left Wellcraft to run Chris-Craft, he wanted to recreate the magic over there. He simply copied the V-20 as close as possible to create the Scorpion. It never had sales numbers to match the Wellcraft though.