Paul Schilter wrote:

Larry,
It sounds as though you've had a bad experience with SeaRay, sorry to
hear this. I'm considering buying an 89 SeaRay 30 " Weekender. I'm told
this is the last year that SeaRay was independently owned and that this year
hull had prop pockets. Would your criticism include this model year? The
price, $30 to 45K seems reasonable.
Paul

"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message


Larry probably knows less about solid boat construction than anyone who
posts here regularly. He's a mentally challenged, high-school dropout
with all sorts of delusions. I believe he owns some sort of little
jetski boat he's managed to keep afloat for about seven years despite
his abusing it continuously by parking his lard-butt in its driver seat.



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Good movie Chuck, thanks for the link. I'm not the biggest fan of Sea
Ray boats but have to admit that watching those robotic drills and
routers swoop in and start cutting holes in the hull is pretty cool
stuff. They are obviously achieving economies of scale that no small
builder could ever aspire to.

I thought their new technology where a single, continuous thread of glass is
laid in the mold by the robot, and then a another mold placed on top and the
layup saturated with resin was particularly interesting. They show an entire
hull being
produced this way, but if you check out
the small parts on Sea Ray it's easy to see which are produced with this
technique, they have a "finished" appearance on both sides.