Wellcraft will show four boats at the 2026 Newport International Boat Show, with the 28 Explorer and 28 T-Top appearing together at the event for the first time. The underlying announcement was published by Wellcraft on 28 August 2026, giving the development a clear primary-source date and provenance.
Boat-show appearances are useful milestones because they show when models become available for buyers to inspect together in a public setting. The event record also helps separate a regional or public debut from the earlier announcement of the underlying model.
For Leisure Boat Guide, the relevance is the confirmed change described by Wellcraft, not the promotional language around it. The source is retained with this article so readers can review the original material and check any technical, regional or commercial details that sit beyond this news brief.
LBG's scope remains leisure boats below 12 metres. Model stories in this batch are confined to craft inside that limit, while equipment and company stories are included only where they directly concern the recreational small-boat market; broader products mentioned by a source are not being added to LBG by implication.
This article preserves the Wellcraft source as the verification trail for the announcement. If specifications, availability, partnerships or product details change later, LBG can report those as separate updates rather than silently rewriting the historical news record.