Factory Tour
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Gofirstclass
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I bet it would be fun to watch one at various stages of assembly. I guess I'm going to have to take a trip to FL one of these days to see how they do it.
Thanks for posting the pics.
Thanks for posting the pics.
MonacoMike
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GFC, you certainly do. Just set it up with Rusty.
MM
MM
mwph
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Excellent pictures, especially the third one. I toured the plant in Tennessee. Fun, highly educational and an all around eye opener.
Not bad for a second post! Thanks for posting & Welcome to CSR!
Not bad for a second post! Thanks for posting & Welcome to CSR!
MonacoMike
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I did not notice you were new here, sorry.
Welcome Aboard!!!
MM
Welcome Aboard!!!
MM
Thanks all for the welcome. New to the forum and to Sea Ray. I took a few hundred other pics but thought I'd save everyone the agony of looking at all of them. Though, here's a few more...
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Mike Blake
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Been there 4 times, and could go another 4
firecadet613
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Great post! Don't be shy, post more pics!
Send that man to the head of the class !!!!
Great post !
You know I am sorry as all heck that I was not there but clearly you were surrounded by my friends and professional boat builders at the Palm Coast facility. I know you were because I can see them and name them, pro's everyone! I will also bet you were treated like gold without the employees even knowing you bought one...me, Miami Show and arrived home Tuesday, dang it !!!
Thank you for showing that team in action. They were working and building all around you and probably not even noticing you taking pictures. Stand in one place too long up there and you will find a tool or a broom in your hand..LOL!!!! Hard Chargers, each and everyone of them...that was great!!!
One day I will tell you about their leader at Palm Coast...it will not be a quick read and you will end up on the top of the mountain.
Capt. Rusty
They are my backing so I'm good!
Great post !
You know I am sorry as all heck that I was not there but clearly you were surrounded by my friends and professional boat builders at the Palm Coast facility. I know you were because I can see them and name them, pro's everyone! I will also bet you were treated like gold without the employees even knowing you bought one...me, Miami Show and arrived home Tuesday, dang it !!!
Thank you for showing that team in action. They were working and building all around you and probably not even noticing you taking pictures. Stand in one place too long up there and you will find a tool or a broom in your hand..LOL!!!! Hard Chargers, each and everyone of them...that was great!!!
One day I will tell you about their leader at Palm Coast...it will not be a quick read and you will end up on the top of the mountain.
Capt. Rusty
They are my backing so I'm good!
jxg
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hey, even though i don't own a searay (yet), i help build them (indirectly). i noticed one of my company's nailers on the table, and maybe a tape measure or two :grin:
jitts3
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For me (who isn't even in the market) it is cool to see the people working on such things. For me it is an appreciation of the worker who build the best stuff going. Be it huge yachts or small runabouts. Without the best people building them with pride, they would be worthless and useless. A blue collar salute to this thread.
HUMPH
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One day in the near future, I do need to get into that facility to watch the magic happen!
Well, we are new to Sea Ray - and jumped in head first into the deep end with the 510 Dancer - but it looks to be an incredible boat and, as the Captain noted, everyone and everything at the factory was first class.
Hoping to connect with other owners in the Seattle area.
Hoping to connect with other owners in the Seattle area.
Air O'Nautical
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Congrats on the NEW boat!!!!
The new line is very impressive..
Nice to see a CSR member buy new.
You will find loads of help here if necessary, including factory advise.
Zorba
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Congrats! So are these pictures of YOUR 510 being built?
ziekman@cox.net
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Cool, indeed! You are new to Sea Ray, or new to Sea Ray "and" boating??? Either way, you made a great decision.
Upgraded from a 2009 Bayliner 340SB. I think our sales guy was a little surprised at the bump. Definitely more than 2 feet! Pictures at the factory were not of our boat. Ours starts production in April.
Have been boating for many years, but the Bayliner was the first one we owned. And we used it well. Since we got it in the summer of 2010 we put 420 hours on her engines. She was great. We anticipate the 510 to be freaking awesome.
Boating runs in my family, I just learned. My grandfather built his own boat, shown here. Check out the chairs!
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Have been boating for many years, but the Bayliner was the first one we owned. And we used it well. Since we got it in the summer of 2010 we put 420 hours on her engines. She was great. We anticipate the 510 to be freaking awesome.
Boating runs in my family, I just learned. My grandfather built his own boat, shown here. Check out the chairs!
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Converse48
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Dgeller-Upgraded from a 2009 Bayliner 340SB. I think our sales guy was a little surprised at the bump. Definitely more than 2 feet! Pictures at the factory were not of our boat. Ours starts production in April.
Have been boating for many years, but the Bayliner was the first one we owned. And we used it well. Since we got it in the summer of 2010 we put 420 hours on her engines. She was great. We anticipate the 510 to be freaking awesome.
Boating runs in my family, I just learned. My grandfather built his own boat, shown here. Check out the chairs!
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Welcome to the "club"
Many of us are third generation boaters… And I enjoy telling my kids that they are fourth generation boat rats!
Congrats on the 510. Gorgeous boat.
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Welcome and congratulations on the new boat. I'm glad you could take pictures, cameras were a no-no when we had our tour during our boat's build...we did get the hole saw core from the head vent though!
Aerobaticflyer
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Cool pics and thanks for sharing. Clearly these folks are spoiled in terms of access to boat components when the boat is in the build stage. A little different accessing some things AFTER the build! LOL. Thinking of the fun I have cleaning the A/C filter in my salon unit as I contort my body to fit under the stairs.
