Swift Rise

Sea Ray Living
Published: Spring 2006

Meet Taylor Swift, the 16-year-old daughter of Sea Ray owners Scott and Andrea Swift, and a freshly signed country music artist on Big Machine Record. Sure she’s got the stage presence, songwriting and singing talents to blow you away, but we’re certain being a Sea Ray kid has to have contributed to her success.

Taylor and her brother, Austin, grew up spending weekends and summers at Stone Harbor on the New Jersey shore on the family’s 210 Sundeck. “It was our way of life,” Scott says. But Taylor was signed to a development deal by RCA when she was 12 and Nashville called. The family discovered Old Hickory Lake, and a house with a dock where they now keep their 420 Sundancer and 220 Sundeck bought from Erwin Marine.

“I’ve always loved boating with my family, and now living on Old Hickroy we can do it almost anytime we want,” Taylor says. “Signing with Big Machine just adds another level of excitement all together.”