Bayliner 225 Runabout

 

Issue: October 2006

A BOAT FOR ALL SEASONS

Cruise the waterways or wall up a wake....it's your choice on this versatile vessel.

WORD + PHOTOS IAN MACRAE



A little under two years ago FPC Magazines relocated a young graphic artist from Melbourne to Sydney to take on the prestigious role of Art Director, Modern Boating magazine. And from the moment he flew into the harbour city, he was blown away by the amount of water surrounding the region. He may have now moved on to sister publication Golf Digest, but he still raves about his times on the water with Modern Boating. And here's why. To the north are Tuggerah Lakes, Brisbane Waters and Broken Bay, incorporating the mighty Hawkesbury River system and Pittwater. After a quick run down the northern beaches, chuck a right turn into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour, the biggest and most beautiful deepwater harbour in the world), which is fed by Middle Harbour estuary and the Parramatta and Lane Cove Rivers. Back out through "The Heads", turn south and past such notorious landmarks as Th e Gap (where many sad souls have jumped to their deaths) and Long Bay Jail, before rounding Cape Banks and entering Botany Bay - just like Captain Cook. Th e bay isn't a huge expanse of water, but the Georges River, which winds its way for miles out to the southwest, runs into it. Still not enough water for you? Then head south again, round the Kurnell Peninsular, across Bate Bay and enter picturesque Port Hacking. Its pristine

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waters are an angler's delight and home to one of Sydney's biggest wakeboarding communities. Like most places around Australia, the boating options are limitless and unless you're tied into one form of boating (such as game fi shing) finding an ideal boat that'll handle all the pursuits available around Sydney will be something of a compromise. If you're looking for a top all-rounder, check out the new Bayliner 225 Runabout. The team at Avante Marine (the importers) call this model a runabout, but for all intents and purposes, it's a bowrider
- a bloody big bowrider!

PERFORMANCE & HANDLING
Bayliner upgraded the Capri hulls this model is designed around to improve performance and handling. Computer Aided Design ensures the moulds are extremely accurate, so the hull and deck come together precisely, before being bond-keyed together to create a solid unit with excellent stiff ness and a responsive feel. Bayliner now uses what it calls a 'SmoothRide' system on the underside of the hull, which has wide tapered chines, large reverse lift ing strakes and a delta step pad for quicker 'hole shot' performance. Th e results speak for

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