Sea Ray Boat Company For Sale
Yesterday afternoon, the Chairman and CEO of the Brunswick Corp., Mark Schwabero, announced that the Sea Ray boat company would be sold. The company’s press release stated that the transaction is expected to be completed within the first half of 2018. This will likely be the largest U.S. boat company acquisition since Brunswick bought Sea Ray in November,1986 for $350 million – just a month after it bought Bayliner for $425 million. These two purchases made Brunswick Corp. the largest boat builder in the world. At the time, Sea Ray built boats from 14’ to 46’ and is said to have had annual sales of 28,000 units a year. Today, Sea Ray’s annual unit volume is about 10% of that number. What happened?
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Fleming 58:
Classic Pilothouse Trawler for Long-Range Cruising
The Fleming 58 has a high bow, Portuguese bridge, low CG, and 105,000 lbs. (47,627 kg) displacement when fully laden, making her a comfortable and seaworthy world cruiser.
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Azimut Verve 40:
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Evinrude ICON:
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Robalo 246 Cayman:
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Campion Chase 550 OB:
18' Runabout w/ Evinrude E-TEC G2 150 Power
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