Wellcraft Boats

A better brand for a better boat.

STRATEGY BRAND MESSAGING BRAND COLLATERAL ADVERTISING COPYWRITING

For over 50 years, Wellcraft never followed the winds of fashion. Though, one could challenge the veracity of that claim with the influence of the cocaine-addled ’80s. A decade idenitfied by a synthesizer-clogged theme song.

(Someone cue Jan Hammer.)

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They even made an ad about it. Seriously…

Wellcraft Miami Vice Ad

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Two decades later we helped the brand rediscover its history as “The Boater’s Boat”. Their purist approach to boat design, manufacture, and appointments provided a platform for creating a pull campaign that began with the brochure.
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Pure, simple, bullshit-free.*

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*What’s also bullshit-free? A boat brochure won Best of Show at the AAF Triangle Addy Awards…Seriously.

CREATIVE DIRECTOR / COPYWRITER: DAVID SMITH
DESIGN DIRECTOR: BRADY BONE
ART DIRECTOR: BRADY BONE
DESIGN: BRADY BONE
PRODUCTION: BRADY BONE
ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT: MIKE RANDALL

AGENCY: THE REPUBLIK