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Review of Bavaria 40


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Bavaria 40 is a large sailboat. The Bavaria 40 is built by the German yard Bavaria Yachtbau GmbH.

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Hull
The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season.

Keel

The Bavaria 40 is equipped with a fin keel. The fin keel is the most common keel and provides splendid manoeuvrability. The downside is that it has less directional stability than a long keel.

The boat can enter most marinas as the draft is just about 1.60 - 1.70 meter (5.25 - 5.55 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.


Engine

The boat is typically equipped with an inboard Volvo Penta MD2030 diesel engine at 50.0 hp (37 kW).


Sailing characteristics

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Bavaria 40 is about 322 kg/cm, alternatively 1803 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 322 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1803 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.


Sailing statistics

This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.

L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Bavaria 40 is 3.10.

Slim Wide 69% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 69% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more spacy hull design.


Maintenance

Rig

If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful.



Guiding dimensions of running rig
UsageLengthDiameter
Jib sheet 12.2 m(40.0 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Genoa sheet 12.2 m(40.0 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Mainsheet 30.5 m(100.1 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Spinnaker sheet26.8 m(88.1 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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Finally

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