Today is the last day for the Sykes Creek Yacht plant to be opened as a manfacturing facility. It is a day that is not without feelings from the employees who spent so many years inside these walls. Yes, we all believe that Sea Ray has a strong future and every one of us who has put our hands on the boats you ride in today, only wants one thing.....for you to get the most out of your boating experinces by driving the products my friends have built inside these walls for over a quarter of a century.
As written by just one of the many class acts that will be departing today for the last time. A Golden human being with a work ethic unlike most.....
Ode to Sea Ray
I awake each morning at a quarter to five to wake from my slumber and
prepare for my drive.
Take a quick shower and brush all my teeth, pack up some lunch, take the
dogs for a leak.
I get in my truck, and I set on my way, for a long days work at good old
Sea Ray.
But these days are over… there will be no more, for the doors they are
closing, no need to be sore.
These walls have built friendships for family and friends, the knowledge
and brotherhood I will take to the end.
There’s good and there’s bad we work through everyday, but as you all know
it’s more about meeting the ones on the way.
We will miss the captain he is a part of this place, but it’s the brothers
and sisters that can’t be replaced.
For 25 years it’s been part of my being, coffee and kronos allocations and
such, I will miss all the friends, so let’s keep in touch.
For 25 years it’s been part of my life, I have known most all of you longer than
my wife, so forget all the bad stuff, let it be gone, for when each day is
over, there is a new dawn.
So pull up you boot straps, stop blubbering like a slob, use all of that
knowledge and go find a job.
Good luck to you my brothers, my sisters, and friends, to the splinters of
fiberglass I have deep in my skin.
When I look to the rivers, and oceans, and sea, I will think of you often
because your all part of me.
May god keep you happy in every way, as we thank him for things that are
ode to Sea Ray.
It has been a pleasure,
Tom Coyle - 2013
If any one would like access to my friend, just ask!!!
Capt. Rusty Higgins
As written by just one of the many class acts that will be departing today for the last time. A Golden human being with a work ethic unlike most.....
Ode to Sea Ray
I awake each morning at a quarter to five to wake from my slumber and
prepare for my drive.
Take a quick shower and brush all my teeth, pack up some lunch, take the
dogs for a leak.
I get in my truck, and I set on my way, for a long days work at good old
Sea Ray.
But these days are over… there will be no more, for the doors they are
closing, no need to be sore.
These walls have built friendships for family and friends, the knowledge
and brotherhood I will take to the end.
There’s good and there’s bad we work through everyday, but as you all know
it’s more about meeting the ones on the way.
We will miss the captain he is a part of this place, but it’s the brothers
and sisters that can’t be replaced.
For 25 years it’s been part of my being, coffee and kronos allocations and
such, I will miss all the friends, so let’s keep in touch.
For 25 years it’s been part of my life, I have known most all of you longer than
my wife, so forget all the bad stuff, let it be gone, for when each day is
over, there is a new dawn.
So pull up you boot straps, stop blubbering like a slob, use all of that
knowledge and go find a job.
Good luck to you my brothers, my sisters, and friends, to the splinters of
fiberglass I have deep in my skin.
When I look to the rivers, and oceans, and sea, I will think of you often
because your all part of me.
May god keep you happy in every way, as we thank him for things that are
ode to Sea Ray.
It has been a pleasure,
Tom Coyle - 2013
If any one would like access to my friend, just ask!!!
Capt. Rusty Higgins
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