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Review of Bavaria 47 CC


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Bavaria 47 CC is a large sailboat. The Bavaria 47 CC 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.

Interior
The boat is equipped with 6 berths.

Keel

The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 2.00 - 2.10 meter (6.56 - 6.86 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.


Engine

Bavaria 47 CC is typically equipped with an engine at 78.0 hp (58 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.

Stability and Safety

What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for Bavaria 47 CC is 1.97, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.


Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Bavaria 47 CC is about 437 kg/cm, alternatively 2450 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 437 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 2450 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 47 CC is 3.30.

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.


SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)

SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)
Indicates how fast the boat is in light wind:
- Cruising Boats have ratios 10-15
- Cruiser-Racers have ratios 16-20
- Racers have ratios above 20
- High-Performance Racers have ratios above 24
Sail-area/displacement ratio (SA/D ratio): 21.11


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 14.7 m(48.2 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Genoa sheet14.7 m(48.2 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Mainsheet 36.7 m(120.4 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet32.3 m(106.0 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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