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Sea Ray celebrates 50 years in Merritt Island

With more than six decades of manufacturing one of the most globally recognized brand of boats in the marine industry, Sea Ray is celebrating 50 years at its Merritt Island, Fla. facility and honoring the location’s history and achievements. Sea Ray first made its home in Florida when it set up a design and development department in 1972. The Merritt ...

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Sea Ray to unveil Sundancer 370 Outboard with twin Verados at Miami

At the Miami International Boat Show Sea Ray will debut the Sundancer 370 Outboard equipped with twin Mercury 7.6L V12 600hp Verado outboard engines. “The Sundancer 370 Outboard is our next-generation Sea Ray, and as Mercury’s next-generation engine, the 600hp Verado is a natural fit to complement the model as a premier power upgrade,” said Keith Yunger, Sea Ray president. ...

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Brunswick’s Venture Boat Group names new president

Brunswick names new Venture Boat Group president

Brunswick Corporation announced Benoît Verley has been named president of Venture Boat Group, representing the Bayliner, Heyday, Trophy, Quicksilver and Uttern boat brands. Verley replaces Keith Yunger who was named president of Sea Ray in October 2021. Verley joined Brunswick in 2007 and has held a variety of leadership roles in the European Boat Group and Venture Group. In his most ...

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Keith Yunger named President, Sea Ray Boats

Sea Ray names new president

Brunswick Corporation has named Keith Yunger as president of its Sea Ray boat brand, effective immediately. Yunger has been with Brunswick Corporation for 16 years in several leadership roles, including president of the Bayliner brand, and most recently, president of the Venture Group, which includes Brunswick’s Bayliner, Heyday, Quicksilver and Uttern brands. Steve Langlais, who has served as Sea Ray ...

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Brunswick combines brands to form new Venture Group

The Brunswick Boat Group has announced the formation of The Venture Group, which will be composed of four of Brunswick’s leading boat brands – Bayliner, Heyday, Quicksilver and Uttern. Leading the group will be Keith Yunger, who was most recently the President of Bayliner. The Venture Group will give Brunswick Boat Group the opportunity to leverage the capabilities and best ...

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Heyday unveils WT-2 Dual Console

Heyday’s latest model combines the overall length of its WT-2 with the popular dual console layout of its largest model, the WT-Surf.   The WT-2 Dual Console maintains an overall length of 22 feet, 6 inches and Heyday’s signature hull that’s specifically engineered to create a clean, powerful wake for boarding and surfing. The new dual console layout creates an ...

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Bayliner introduces new DX models

Bayliner unveiled its new DX2000 outboard and DX2050 sterndrive deck boat models. Both new models offer a sharp profile with multiple interior layout options and will hit showrooms for the 2019 boat show season. The new DX2000 and DX2050 offer an overall length of 19 feet, 6 inches with an 8-foot-1-inch beam, boasting a 10-person capacity on the DX2000, and nine-person ...

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Everybody’s gone surfin’…

As the Beach Boys predicted in 1963, everybody’s gone surfin’. But not at the beach – today’s surfers are mostly found playing behind boats. With affordable surf boats and high-end tow boats appealing to a wider range of buyers than ever, the watersports category has never been stronger. Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys must be feeling more than a ...

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