Chuck Gould wrote:
Either the other plants are more efficient, or current staffing levels
there afford some excess capacity.

I have no inside info but I think Merritt Island must be one of Sea
Ray's oldest plants (if not THE oldest). When I first heard of Sea
Ray, back in the 70's, there were only two plants. Merritt Island and
another in some odd place like Arizona. Not that Arizona is odd but I
remember wondering why anybody would build boats in a desert. Anyhow,
my uninformed guess would be they're just moving some production to a
newer and more modern plant rather than spending $$ on updating at
Merritt. That's just a wild ass guess though.

Rick

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Chuck Gould wrote:
Either the other plants are more efficient, or current staffing levels
there afford some excess capacity.

I have no inside info but I think Merritt Island must be one of Sea
Ray's oldest plants (if not THE oldest). When I first heard of Sea
Ray, back in the 70's, there were only two plants. Merritt Island and
another in some odd place like Arizona. Not that Arizona is odd but I
remember wondering why anybody would build boats in a desert. Anyhow,
my uninformed guess would be they're just moving some production to a
newer and more modern plant rather than spending $$ on updating at
Merritt. That's just a wild ass guess though.

Rick


I read some of the comments related to the news release of the closing. One
affected person who claims to work at the plant and is now being offered
employment elsewhere in SeaRay (or Boston Whaler) claims that local
government and environmentalist actions establishing manatee zones and speed
limits in the waters adjacent to the plant that were used for testing the
boats have made it impractical to continue building the boats there.
Because of the new restrictions, the boats under test must be idled out too
far requiring time and raising additional issues should a new boat under
test develop problem requiring assistance.

Eisboch

On Fri, 29 Feb 08, "Eisboch" wrote:
local
government and environmentalist actions establishing manatee zones and speed
limits in the waters adjacent to the plant that were used for testing the
boats have made it impractical to continue building the boats there.

aha... that'll do it alright. And sounds more plausible than my
guesswork.

Rick

On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:34:41 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

local
government and environmentalist actions establishing manatee zones and speed
limits in the waters adjacent to the plant that were used for testing the
boats have made it impractical to continue building the boats there.
Because of the new restrictions, the boats under test must be idled out too
far requiring time and raising additional issues should a new boat under
test develop problem requiring assistance.

Welcome to Florida, "Save The Manatee Club" strikes again. All it
takes is a wealthy donor who wants a slow speed zone implemented for
some reason.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:34:41 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

local
government and environmentalist actions establishing manatee zones and speed
limits in the waters adjacent to the plant that were used for testing the
boats have made it impractical to continue building the boats there.
Because of the new restrictions, the boats under test must be idled out too
far requiring time and raising additional issues should a new boat under
test develop problem requiring assistance.

Welcome to Florida, "Save The Manatee Club" strikes again. All it
takes is a wealthy donor who wants a slow speed zone implemented for
some reason.



Here's hoping there are many more slow speed zones, especially in your
area.

On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:31:01 -0500, HK wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:34:41 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

local
government and environmentalist actions establishing manatee zones and speed
limits in the waters adjacent to the plant that were used for testing the
boats have made it impractical to continue building the boats there.
Because of the new restrictions, the boats under test must be idled out too
far requiring time and raising additional issues should a new boat under
test develop problem requiring assistance.

Welcome to Florida, "Save The Manatee Club" strikes again. All it
takes is a wealthy donor who wants a slow speed zone implemented for
some reason.



Here's hoping there are many more slow speed zones, especially in your
area.

Thank God for American Express, huh Harry? At least you get acceptance
somewhere.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:31:01 -0500, HK wrote:

Here's hoping there are many more slow speed zones, especially in your
area.

If you own a trawler the whole world is a slow speed zone, and same to
you and the horse you rode in on.