There is a smaller (18 foot) used Sea Ray for sale across from a
restaurant that I go to, so the other night I took a look at it. It's
an outboard model, and I was surprised that the white outboard was not
a Johnson, but was of Sea Ray brand (white, with Sea Ray logos). I
did not know Sea Ray was ever in the outboard motor business. Are
these Sea Ray outboards Mercurys in disguise? (ie. the Brunswick
vertical manufacturing arrangement)

It's a rebadged something.

(Gould 0738) wrote in message ...
It's a rebadged something.

If anyone cares, I answered my own question. The "Sea Ray" branded
outboard is a Force outboard motor in disguise

Here is a photo of the Force version:
http://www.repairmanual.com/images/41/SL1100t.jpg

I didn't realize that Sea Ray would offer this type of set-up. I know
that they only offer MerCruiser I/Os, so I assumed they would only
offer Mercury outboards.

Pauli G wrote:
(Gould 0738) wrote in message ...
It's a rebadged something.

If anyone cares, I answered my own question. The "Sea Ray" branded
outboard is a Force outboard motor in disguise

Here is a photo of the Force version:
http://www.repairmanual.com/images/41/SL1100t.jpg

I didn't realize that Sea Ray would offer this type of set-up. I know
that they only offer MerCruiser I/Os, so I assumed they would only
offer Mercury outboards.


Sea Ray Mercury Force all part of the same conglomerate


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On 22 Jul 2004 13:44:03 -0700, (Pauli G) wrote:

(Gould 0738) wrote in message ...
It's a rebadged something.

If anyone cares, I answered my own question. The "Sea Ray" branded
outboard is a Force outboard motor in disguise

Here is a photo of the Force version:
http://www.repairmanual.com/images/41/SL1100t.jpg

I didn't realize that Sea Ray would offer this type of set-up. I know
that they only offer MerCruiser I/Os, so I assumed they would only
offer Mercury outboards.

I was not aware of Sea Ray using Force outboards on any of their
boats. Every one of the Sea Ray badged outboards that I've seen and
worked on have been Mercury's.

Sea Ray even painted some of the Mercruiser sterndrives white and
badged them with their logo as well for a spell.

Dave

Dave Hall wrote in message . ..
On 22 Jul 2004 13:44:03 -0700, (Pauli G) wrote:

(Gould 0738) wrote in message ...
It's a rebadged something.

If anyone cares, I answered my own question. The "Sea Ray" branded
outboard is a Force outboard motor in disguise

Here is a photo of the Force version:
http://www.repairmanual.com/images/41/SL1100t.jpg

I didn't realize that Sea Ray would offer this type of set-up. I know
that they only offer MerCruiser I/Os, so I assumed they would only
offer Mercury outboards.

I was not aware of Sea Ray using Force outboards on any of their
boats. Every one of the Sea Ray badged outboards that I've seen and
worked on have been Mercury's.

Sea Ray even painted some of the Mercruiser sterndrives white and
badged them with their logo as well for a spell.

Dave

I went back this past weekend and looked at the boat again: you're
right, it's a Mercury outboard in disguise, not a Force.

On 22 Jul 2004 07:16:02 -0700, (Pauli G) wrote:

There is a smaller (18 foot) used Sea Ray for sale across from a
restaurant that I go to, so the other night I took a look at it. It's
an outboard model, and I was surprised that the white outboard was not
a Johnson, but was of Sea Ray brand (white, with Sea Ray logos). I
did not know Sea Ray was ever in the outboard motor business. Are
these Sea Ray outboards Mercurys in disguise? (ie. the Brunswick
vertical manufacturing arrangement)


In the 1987-89 timeframe Sea Ray was simply rebadging Mercury
outboards. They're all part of the sam (Brunswick) family.

Dave