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Revision as of 11:44, 29 July 2014
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| Founded | Detroit, Michigan (1959) |
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| Founder | C.N. Ray |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Recreational boats |
| Parent | Brunswick Boat Group |
| Website | www |
Sea Ray is a company who produces a same-named brand of pleasure boats. The company currently operates as part of the Brunswick Boat Group, a division of the Brunswick Corporation.
History
It was founded as an independent company, Ray Industries, in 1959 in the U.S. city of Detroit by C.N. Ray. That company was bought by Brunswick for $350 million in 1986. At the same time Brunswick purchased the Bayliner brand, making Brunswick Corporation the largest pleasure boat producer in the world.[1]
Overview
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Sea Ray manufactures boats ranging from 17 feet (5.2 m) power cruisers to over 60 feet (18 m) yachts, including the Sundancer brand. Sea Ray is based in Knoxville, Tennessee and operates two factories in Tennessee and two in Florida.[2] Sea Ray designs and markets more than 40 models ranging in boats from 18 to 61 feet (5.5 to 18.6 m).[clarification needed] Sea Ray was the first boat manufacturer to use fiberglass in its pleasure boat construction, and also pioneered the molded-in swim platform when it launched Ski Ray ski boats in 1991.[3] In 1995 Ray Industries' acquired a new subsidiary, Baja, the world's largest manufacturer of performance boats.[citation needed] Brunswick has since sold the Baja brand to another entity.
Sea Ray is the title sponsor for the annual AquaPalooza boating festival, a multi-location boating event which was expected to be attended by 12,000 boats and 56,000 people to over 100 locations worldwide in 2009.[4][clarification needed]
Boat Models
Yachts (52 Feet to 61 Feet)
Sport Yachts
Sport Cruisers (24 Feet to 37 Feet)
Sport Boats
Other Brunswick boats built at Sea Ray plants
Notes
- ^ Reuters (1986-11-29). "Brunswick to Acquire Ray". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
{{cite news}}:|author=has generic name (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Silence, Michael. "Sea Ray lays off 5 percent of work force". Knoxville News Sentinel.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Innovation Is What Leads Buyers to Sea Ray Boats". Retrieved 2014-05-15.
- ^ "Sea Ray AquaPalooza 2009 Home Page". Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- ^ "Sport Boats : Sport Cruisers : Sport Yachts : Yachts : Sea Ray Boats". Sea Ray Boats. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
External references
- Rodengen, Jeffrey L., edited by Stanimira Stefanova (2008). Commanding the waterways : the story of Sea Ray. Fort Lauderdale, FL: Write Stuff Enterprise. ISBN 978-1-932022-33-9.
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