Used Sea Ray Yachts For Sale

Sea Ray Boats started in 1959 as Ray Industries and was founded by Cornelius Nathaniel Ray III in the town of Oxford Michigan. Being a native to a state that was known for having the best automobile manufacturers, Ray took the GM structure and translated it into the boating industry. A focus on the product design, picking the right dealers to distribute the product, and attention to customer satisfaction took the company to a different level of manufacturing that for years made Sea Ray the largest and most successful builder of pleasure boats in the world and the best selling boat in America.

Believe it or not, Ray originally built the 16 foot Sea Ray hulls in a shop where golf cart bodies and coffins were assembled. With the assistance of a former GM designer, the boats became much more stylish and safe. Sea Ray became one of the first companies in the industry to build pleasure boats out of fiberglass and other high-tech composites. By 1986, the company sold for $350 million to Brunswick Corporation.  At the time, Sea Ray was one of the largest boat companies with 40 models ranging from 17-60 feet and employing 4,500 people who built about 28,000 boats a year. The pre-owned Sea Ray market today remains the largest of the brokerage industry selling thousands of boats worldwide each year.

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