The Swallow Yachts Bay Raider Expedition is a uniquely capable daysailer, combining stylish yet traditional lines with high-quality materials and excellent build quality. With a cosy cabin for overnighting or escaping the weather and a spacious cockpit, this well-equipped boat offers both excellent sailing abilities and silent cruising under power.
The Swallow Yachts Bay Raider Expedition is a uniquely capable daysailer, combining stylish yet traditional lines with high-quality materials and excellent build quality. With a cosy cabin for overnighting or escaping the weather and a spacious cockpit, this well-equipped boat offers both excellent sailing abilities and silent cruising under power. 'Rebel' is a stunning example of the Bay Raider Expedition, completed to a very high specification in October 2022 and offered at a significant saving against new prices. This is a rare find - an easily single-handed, yet fun and competitive racing daysailer with electric outboard, solar charging kit and much more included!
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The Bay Raider Expedition from Swallow Yachts combines stylish yet traditional lines with the best high-quality materials and excellent build quality to create a uniquely capable daysailer. Their clever design and lightweight make them arguably the easiest boat in their class to tow, launch, and retrieve, whilst also offering sparkling performance, and they are proving an excellent alternative to rivals such as the Cornish Shrimper, Drascombe Coaster, and Memory 19. With a cosy cabin for overnighting or escaping the weather, spacious cockpit, and excellent sailing abilities easily single-handled yet still ideal for fun and competitive racing it is easy to see why! 'Rebel' was completed to a very high specification in October 2022 with almost every conceivable extra including top of the range electric outboard package for environmentally friendly and silent cruising under power, is in excellent condition, and offers the opportunity to skip the waiting list and make a significant saving against new prices.
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Accommodation
The Bay Raider Expedition's small cabin is cleverly laid out, with a V-berth allowing two to sleep in comfort, and a lift-out central section to allow up to two adults and two children to sit sheltered away below. It is neatly finished with fitted board headlining, blue upholstery, canvas storage bags offering plenty of easily accessed stowage, and an opening forehatch and two portlights providing good natural light and ventilation. Externally, it is clear to see that the main focus of the design team was to create a superb cockpit capable of allowing four or more people to sail in comfort, a rarely achieved feat at this size!
Mechanical Systems
Located in central outboard well, ePropulsion Spirit EVO 1.0KW (3HP) electric outboard with built-in hydro power generation and lithium 1276Wh floating battery pack. Tiller controls with forward and reverse, a smart digital display showing range and other information, and magnetic kill cord for safety.
In addition to the standard equipment there is a second battery pack and a genuine EPropulsion 180w solar charging kit, allowing for an extended cruising range. In our opinion this is an excellent setup for yachts of this size, removing the dangers of carrying petrol on board and the maintenance and potential reliability issues of smaller outboard engines whilst also not polluting the water or tranquility thanks to their silent running, and they are becoming increasingly required for use on many inland waters.
Electrical Systems
- Custom portable 12v gel battery for systems with charger
- Solar panel for powering an automatic bilge pump
Deck Equipment
- 6kg Spade anchor with 40m leaded warp for ease of handling
- Blue sprayhood and mainsail cover with lazyjacks
- Blue halyard tailbags
- Cockpit mast up tonneau cover
- Full winter cover
- Midship mooring cleats
- Jointed oars, rowlocks, and adjustable rowing seat
- Warps and fenders
Spars & Sails
Ketch rigged. Carbon fibre masts and booms. Pine bowsprit. Stainless steel standing rigging. Dyneema and terylene running rigging. Mainsheet traveller. Barton lightweight furling system. Slab reefing mainsail with lazyjacks. Lines led aft to cockpit.
- Mainsail, jib, and mizzen - Black Mylar laminate - excellent
- Code Zero, Asymmetric and symmetric spinnakers - excellent
Navigation Equipment
- Steering compass
- Raymarine MN100-2 solar combined depth and speed/log
- Raymarine MN100-2 solar wind instrument
- Raymarine depth, speed, and wind transducers
- Garmin 276CX colour GPS chart plotter
Additional Equipment
- Galvanised single axle braked custom road trailer
Safety Equipment
- Solar-powered automatic bilge pump
- Manual bilge pump
Construction
'Rebel' appears to be in excellent condition, having been made to order by Swallow Yachts for her owner, and handed over in October 2022. Pale grey/blue GRP hull (copper-coated beneath the waterline from new) with cream GRP superstructure and decks. Timber rubbing strake and sheer strake. Lifting keel with water ballast (up to 300kgs). Lifting rudder with tiller and tiller extension. Outboard well with hull closure. Large open cockpit with self-bailers. Flexiteek laid seating.
The clever design allows for excellent stability with the water ballast in place whilst sailing, yet also features minimal draft ideal for exploring shoal waters, as well as making launching and retrieving much easier.
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General note on safety equipment: Any safety equipment such as liferaft, fire extinguishers and flares etc., are usually personal to the current owner(s) and if being left on board as part of the sale of a used vessel, may require routine servicing, replacement, or changing to meet a new owner’s specific needs.
