Welcome to Meg's blog

Meg is a Bayraider 20 a water ballasted trailer sailer made in Wales, She is an open boat with a big cockpit area and sprayhood for the kids to hide under. The boat is Ketch rigged and the Jib and Mizzen are self tacking, the main is Gunter rigged which gives a short mast that can be raised and lowered without difficulty. Meg is my second trailer the first was a Manta 19, I learned from the Manta the value of a boat that can be launched without getting the trailer hubs wet and the difficulty of raising a heavy mast. In comparison the Bayraider can be rigged from towing in 20 minutes, raising the mast is a non event and launching a dream and all can be done single handed. The Bayraider lacks the Manta 19's cabin but I soon discovered that In good weather everyone wants to be out in the cockpit and in bad weather I'm sailing on my own. Hopefully ill be able to use the blog as a log of my sailing and give some useful info about the places we have sailed. Owning a trailer sailer means always being on the lookout for a good slipway. Further info on Bayraider's and the other swallow boats can be found at http://www.swallowboats.com/