Foam Filled
Hull sides and deck boxes are foam-filled and sprayed with a vinyl-ester barrier coat — quieter underway, better insulated, safer.
By the Numbers
Built to Last
Hull sides and deck boxes are foam-filled and sprayed with a vinyl-ester barrier coat — quieter underway, better insulated, safer.
Gel-coated hulls and decks with a vinyl-ester barrier coat from the waterline down to prevent osmotic blistering.
One-piece, fully gel-coated stringer system bonded with Methacrylate for a strong, low-maintenance chemical bond.
Sea Pro Standard
The 172 comes loaded — every feature below is standard, backed by the 10-year hull warranty.
Make It Yours
Build the 172 your way — a selection of factory options at the Build-A-Boat.
Customize
Choose Your Power
Boater-first means you pick the brand — the 172 runs up to 115 HP.
172 Bay or 172R Bay
Same hull, same power, same standard features. Add Seakeeper Ride to the 172 Bay and it becomes the 172R Bay. That’s the whole difference.
Seakeeper Ride is a Vessel Attitude Control System (VACS) that eliminates up to 70% of pitch and roll underway. It replaces traditional trim tabs with an automatic, intuitive system — for a flatter, drier, more comfortable ride from the helm.
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Pricing
*Prices may not include taxes, freight, trailer, or other additional charges. These costs, if applicable, will be communicated by your local Sea Pro dealer.
Questions & Answers
Price, power, towing, draft and more, straight from the 172’s spec sheet.
The Sea Pro 172 Bay starts at $36,038. The boat as shown, with options, has an MSRP of $41,590.
The final price depends on the outboard you choose and the options you add, and may not include taxes, freight, a trailer or dealer charges. Build-A-Boat prices your exact boat, and your dealer gives the final quote.
The 172 Bay is rated for up to 115 HP. Sea Pro is choose-your-power, with factory packages including the Mercury 90 ELPT, Suzuki DF 115 ATL, Yamaha 115 LB and Mercury 115 ELPT.
The engine makers’ performance bulletins for the 172 Bay, with speed and fuel burn, are linked under Choose Your Power.
The 172 Bay is 17'2" long with a beam of 7'2", and weighs 1,480 lbs dry, without the engine.
For towing weight, add the outboard (359–423 lbs for the factory options), about six pounds per gallon of fuel (roughly 170 lbs with 28 gallons aboard), your gear and the trailer, and stay comfortably under your vehicle’s towing rating.
At 7'2" wide, it is within the standard 8'6" legal trailer width. On the trailer, the console grab rail stands 77" (6'5") high, so measure your garage door before planning on indoor storage.
The 172 Bay has a published draft of 10". That is static draft: how deep the hull sits at rest. The water you can run and get on plane in depends on load, trim, motor height and setup.
A 6" hydraulic jack plate is available as an option, so you can raise the outboard in skinny water and lower it for rough water.
15° at the transom. Deadrise is the angle of the hull bottom: the more of it, the softer the ride in a head sea; the less, the shallower the boat floats and the steadier it sits at rest.
Across the Sea Pro lineup, deadrise runs from 15° on the 172 Bay to 24.5° on the 322R Offshore.
The 172 Bay has a passenger capacity of 5. Count everyone aboard, children included, and remember that the outboard, fuel and gear all add to the load.
28 gallons of fuel.
Range depends on the engine, speed, load and sea state; the engine makers’ performance bulletins under Choose Your Power list speed and fuel burn through the rpm range. Plan by the rule of thirds: a third of your fuel out, a third back, and a third in reserve.
Standard fishing equipment on the 172 Bay:
More is in the factory options, listed under Optional features.
Highlights of the standard equipment:
17 features come standard, backed by the 10-year hull warranty. See the full list.
Yes, as an option. Seakeeper Ride is a factory option on the 172 Bay (ordered with it, it is the 172R Bay).
Seakeeper Ride is a vessel attitude control system that replaces traditional trim tabs and, according to Seakeeper, eliminates up to 70% of pitch and roll underway, for a flatter, drier ride. The R in a Sea Pro model name means Ride-equipped. More on the R.
A 10-year limited hull warranty covering structural defects in the fiberglass hull, which can transfer to a later owner after a re-certification inspection, plus a 5-year limited warranty on the boat: parts and labor in year one, parts in years two through five. Outboards are covered by the engine maker’s own warranty. Read the full warranty.
In Whitmire, South Carolina, where every Sea Pro is hand-laid. Hulls and decks are gel-coated, with a vinyl-ester barrier coat from the waterline down against osmotic blistering; hull sides and deck boxes are foam-filled; and the one-piece, fully gel-coated stringer system is bonded with methacrylate.
Through Sea Pro’s 65 authorized dealers across the United States. Find your dealer to see the 172 Bay in person and get a quote, price it first in Build-A-Boat, or request the catalog.
The Bay Series
Same hand-laid build quality, the same 10-year hull warranty, and the same choose-your-power promise across the family.
