Day-sailer sailboat BayRaider 17

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The new BayRaider 17 has been designed as a smaller version of the successful BayRaider 20, retaining many of her safety features in a smaller package. Like her bigger sister, she has a water ballast system under the self draining floor that gives her a large stability range and enhances the versatility of the boat. Safety Her most unique feature is the water ballast system, effectively giving the owner two different boats for the price of one. Waterballast gives you the option to fill the under floor tank with 220kg of water, giving huge amounts of stability and exactly doubling her weight. If you are unsure of the conditions, sailing singlehanded, or have nervous crew on board it is very comforting to know that with the tank full she self rights from a 90 degree knockdown. Even with the tank empty she is extremely easy to right singlehanded. Like the BR20, she has a self draining cockpit, which again is of huge benefit to safety. Large green waves coming in over the side can be drained rapidly through the outboard well without anyone needing to bail. The skipper is free to concentrate on the situation in hand, without worrying about getting rid of water. Her ketch rig has been well proven on many of our other boats. Its one huge advantage over a single mast rig is the ability to quickly and massively reduce sail. Under jib and mizzen alone she is well balanced, very stable and able to tolerate virtually any weather.