Wellcraft 355 (2023) - Performance Test by BoatTEST 

This Wellcraft has much better storage than Axopar 37. The head is also several levels better than the one in the Axopar 37. You would have to take Axopar 45 to get a decent toilet and some storage. Brabus has nice trim and cool details that sadly don't improve the boats usability.

@@jarkkohenriksson7866 Okay but even then the 45 is way less and better... The Brabus is just the icing on the cake in terms of perfomance (50 knots) and very seaworthy and it's not that much worse in terms of liveability and you have a much much much cooler boat with arguably a higher resale value...

@@jarkkohenriksson7866 I mean wellcraft is owned by Benneteau isn't it, if you get this over some of their own offerings jenneau/benneteau man idk what to say, even the entry level prestige in the same family is MUCH nicer, I liked this boat but then found out it costs well over 400k wth!

Brabus 500 is based on Axopar 28. It's base price is around 300k but It's a couple sizes smaller boat than Wellcraft 355. Brabus 900 is based on Axopar 37 and it's base price is around 750k so the similar size Brabus is way more expensive than the Wellcraft. Base Axopar 37 is of course a lot cheaper than Brabus. In the video you can see that the Wellcraft has an inclosed toilet with a separate shower and a hanging locker. Axopar 37 hasn't got either of those. What it means is that if you take your backpack or a jacket boating with you, you have to store it on the bed, on a seat or on the floor. You can't take a shower inside Axopar. Your toilet is either under the front cabin seat or the enclosed version blocks the front cabin access from the pilot house when used. Study the layouts or visit the boats.

This has bow thruster too. Not sure if as standard, but you can see the hole in the bow. This also has the helm side door which is a huge bonus.

The Axopar is a great boat, however painfully falls short with the salon galley and head. This not a fair comparison. Axopar is more of a day boat really

Good point, you would have to have some pretty big power banks to run it without a generator. They should be engineering boats with the seakeeper as standard. I doubt there would be buyers opting out of having one at this pricepoint.

AT 5K per prop! If you have to ask, then it doesn't make sense!

So true, savings would be like 200k though but still !!!