- Sea Ray
Sea Ray is a brand of pleasure boats owned by the
Brunswick Corporation . It was founded as an independent company, Ray Industries, in 1959 inDetroit, Michigan by C.N. Ray. That company was bought by Brunswick for $350 million in 1986. At the time, the purchase made Brunswick the largest pleasure boat producer in the world. [cite web|publisher="Wall Street Journal "|author=Reuters|title=Brunswick to Acquire Ray|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE4DA1F3DF93AA15752C1A960948260&n=Top/News/Business/Companies/Brunswick%20Corporationdate=1986-11-29|]Sea Ray manufactures boats ranging from 17 foot power cuisers to 60 foot
yacht s, including the well-known SunDancer brand. Sea Ray is based inKnoxville, Tennessee and operates three factories in Tennessee and four inFlorida . [cite web|title=Sea Ray lays off 5 percent of work force|url=http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/oct/04/sea-ray-lays-5-percent-work-force/|author=Silence, Michael|publisher="Knoxville News Sentinel "]Other Brunswick boats
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Bayliner
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External links
* [http://www.searay.com Sea Ray website]
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