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B341021	Bavaria 37			Lying	ashore Hampshire
Builder	Bavaria Yachtbau GmbH, Giebelstadt, Germany			Year	2000
Builder	Bavaria Yachtbau GmbH, Giebelstadt, Germany			Price	£52,500
LOA	37' 11"	Sail area	682 sq ft main and genoa	Brief details
LWL	29' 2"	Rig	Sloop	This is a one-owner (and clearly very lightly used) Bavaria 37 from 2000. This is the three cabin version with a conventional battened mainsail and the optional shallow draught (1.35M) keel. She was factory fitted with hull windows to the saloon as an option when new. This design ticks a lot of boxes for family cruising, with a good inventory including electric windlass, electric halyard winch, and a clean and spacious interior and three separate sleeping cabins without using the saloon. Unlike many Bavarias, this example has only had private use by the original owner.
Beam	12' 1"	Cabins	3 plus saloon
Draught	4' 5"	Berths	7
Displacement	11,819 lbs	Engine	Volvo MD2030 diesel
Ballast	3,925 lbs	BHP	29
Keel type	Shallow bulbed iron fin keel and spade rudder

Bavaria Yachtbau, in southern Germany, have been building yachts since 1973. Initially they built fairly expensive yachts, in small numbers, but since the mid 1990s have been concentrating on volume production of spacious family cruising boats, that have proved equally popular with private buyers and charter fleets.

In production from around 1999 until 2003, the Bavaria 37 was designed by J & J Designs, and offers typical mid-period Bavaria style * in a size that is now regarded as a good family cruiser. Modern Bavarias offer yachts with an attractive 'woody' interior at very reasonable cost thanks to a very highly developed mass production 'assembly line' facility, currently turning out nearly 3,000 boats a year.

* There are at least three entirely different models called the Bavaria 37: this yacht being the first of the same named versions. Designed by J&J Designs in a similar style to other contemporary Bavarias, she has a fairly classic modern hull form with a sugarscoop stern and distinctive blue contrast strips along the lines of the saloon ports, helping to disguise the high topsides and coachroof that give excellent space and headroom below. She has a single wheel in the cockpit, and the interior is finished in lacquered sapele mahogany veneers and solid wood trim. There was a choice of keel draughts, two or three stern cabins, and battened or in-mast mainsails. This yacht has the shallow keel and two aft cabins, with a conventional battened mainsail.

In about 2007 another J&J designed Bavaria 37 was introduced. Externally this model looks very similar, the major difference in the saloon where being the galley was aft rather than midships. These 37s were labelled "Cruiser" series, and started to use lighter joinery finishes in the interior.

From about 2013 onwards a further series of Bavaria 37 Cruisers were produced, with design by Farr. These were beamier aft, with twin wheels, large rectangular hull and coachroof windows, and a drop-down transom instead of the sugarscoop sterns of the earlier J&J designs. Most of these had light interior joinery, as well as much squarer edged joinery detailing - this being significantly cheaper to build.

Yachtsnet photographs October 2021

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Photographs October 2021 - the hull has been cleaned
and the topsides polished, but not yet antifouled.

She has the shallow draught keel (1.35 metres or 4' 5") and a spade rudder.
The engine has a Saildrive and two-bladed prop. The Saildrive gaiter was replaced in 2021

The forecabin berth is 6' 7" long fore and aft, and 6' 4" wide at the aft end.

Saloon headroom is 6' 6" aft, slightly lower forward and in the aft cabins.

Photographs October 2021

Above: starboard aft cabin: left port aft cabin.

Both aft cabins have hanging lockers and berths 6' 7" long by 4' 8" wide forward. The starboard aft cabin has a small seat as well as a hanging locker.

The engine is under the companionway steps which lift up on gas struts. The Volvo MD2030 is a three cylinder
freshwater cooled engine based on a Japanese Shibaura industrial engine. This was sold in two marinised versions,

one by Perkins (the Perama M30) and the other by Volvo as the MD2030. As such spares are widely available.

	The anchor locker has an electric windlass, in this case a new 1,000 watt Lewmar Pro Series fitted in 2000
	Yachtsnet photos October 2021

Inventory:
Engine details		Volvo Penta MD2030 three-cylinder 950cc diesel, freshwater cooled, with Volvo gearbox and Saildrive
Fuel tank capacity		150 litres
Propeller		Two bladed on saildrive. Saildrive seal replaced 2021
Batteries		2 x 140AH Exide services batteries (new 2020/21) and 74AH Varta engine start battery.
Battery charging/electrics		Engine alternator, shorepower battery charger and 150 watt solar panel on gantry at stern with MPPT controller (solar panel etc. new 2021)
Sails and deck equipment
Rig details		Sloop rig, deck-stepped Selden mast and boom, with S/S standing rigging replaced in 2012
Mainsail		Elvstrom battened mainsail, slab reefing, with stackpack type cover
Genoa		Elvstrom roller genoa
Genoa furling		Selden Furlex 200S
Spinnakers		Symmetrical spinnaker and Crusader gennaker
Primary winches		2 x Harken 40 self-tailing
Secondary winches		2 x Harken 32 self-tailing, also Lewmar 12 volt electric winch on starboard coachroof.
Bower anchor		Delta with 20 metres 8mm chain and approx 20 metres warp
Anchor windlass		Lewmar Pro Series 1000 watt electric windlass - new for 2021 season
Steering		Wheel
Autopilot		Raymarine ST4000+ with ST4000 Mk II wheelpilot
Steering compass		Suunto on binnacle
Warps & fenders		4 warps and 4 fenders
Miscellaneous		Cockpit sprayhood new for 2020, cockpit table, dodgers new for 2021. and wheel cover also new for 2021. Transom shower fitting.
Navigation Equipment and instruments
GPS/Chartplotter		Standard Horizon CP-300 7" colour plotter at wheel, with European charting. Also Magellan GPS and FX324 Map colour plotter at chart table.
Log/speed		Raymarine ST60
Depth sounder		Raymarine ST60
AIS		EasyAIS receiver
Navtex		NASA Clipper Navtex
VHF radio		Simrad RD68 with DSC
Radio receiver		JVC radio/CD player
Safety/emergency equipment
Liferaft		6-man Ocean safety valise, new 2009, serviced to 2019 only, now due for re-servicing
Lifebuoy		Horseshoe with floating light
Radar reflector		Yes
Bilge pumps		Manual and electric pumps
Fire extinguishers		2 x dry powder, plus auto extinguisher in engine compartment
Interior
Cabin layout		Forecabin, saloon, heads and two aft cabins
Berths		max 7
Water tank capacity		believed 150 litres. Hot and cold pressurised water from engine calorifier or shorepower immersion heater.
Cooker		Bavaria two-burner and oven, gas
Coolbox		Refrigerated coolbox
Heads		Jabsco
Miscellaneous
Dinghy		Inflatable dinghy
Outboard		Mariner 2.5 hp two-stroke
These particulars are believed to be correct but cannot be guaranteed and are subject to confirmation by the purchaser subject to still being available. For further information or to arrange a viewing, please contact Yachtsnet on 01326-212234 or

The particulars detailed herein are intended to give a fair description of the vessel but their accuracy cannot be guaranteed. These particulars are not a part of any contract or offer, and are supplied on the understanding that all negotiations shall be conducted via Yachtsnet Ltd., who are acting as brokers for the vendor. The vendor is not selling in the course of business unless otherwise stated. The prospective purchaser is strongly recommended to check the particulars, and where appropriate, at his own expense, to employ qualified agents to carry out surveys, structural and/or mechanical & electrical checks or tests

UK sailing yacht brokerage and boat sales

SOLD

B341021

Bavaria 37

Lying

ashore Hampshire

Builder

Bavaria Yachtbau GmbH, Giebelstadt, Germany

Year

2000

Price

£52,500

LOA

37' 11"

Sail area

682 sq ft main and genoa

Brief details

LWL

29' 2"

Rig

Sloop

Beam

12' 1"

Cabins

3 plus saloon

Draught

4' 5"

Berths

7

Displacement

11,819 lbs

Engine

Volvo MD2030 diesel

Ballast

3,925 lbs

BHP

29

Keel type

Shallow bulbed iron fin keel and spade rudder

Yachtsnet photographs October 2021

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Photographs October 2021 - the hull has been cleaned and the topsides polished, but not yet antifouled.

She has the shallow draught keel (1.35 metres or 4' 5") and a spade rudder. The engine has a Saildrive and two-bladed prop. The Saildrive gaiter was replaced in 2021

The forecabin berth is 6' 7" long fore and aft, and 6' 4" wide at the aft end. Saloon headroom is 6' 6" aft, slightly lower forward and in the aft cabins.

Photographs October 2021

Above: starboard aft cabin: left port aft cabin. Both aft cabins have hanging lockers and berths 6' 7" long by 4' 8" wide forward. The starboard aft cabin has a small seat as well as a hanging locker.

The engine is under the companionway steps which lift up on gas struts. The Volvo MD2030 is a three cylinder freshwater cooled engine based on a Japanese Shibaura industrial engine. This was sold in two marinised versions,

one by Perkins (the Perama M30) and the other by Volvo as the MD2030. As such spares are widely available.

The anchor locker has an electric windlass, in this case a new 1,000 watt Lewmar Pro Series fitted in 2000

Yachtsnet photos October 2021

Inventory:

Engine details

Volvo Penta MD2030 three-cylinder 950cc diesel, freshwater cooled, with Volvo gearbox and Saildrive

Fuel tank capacity

150 litres

Propeller

Two bladed on saildrive. Saildrive seal replaced 2021

Batteries

2 x 140AH Exide services batteries (new 2020/21) and 74AH Varta engine start battery.

Battery charging/electrics

Engine alternator, shorepower battery charger and 150 watt solar panel on gantry at stern with MPPT controller (solar panel etc. new 2021)

Sails and deck equipment

Rig details

Sloop rig, deck-stepped Selden mast and boom, with S/S standing rigging replaced in 2012

Mainsail

Elvstrom battened mainsail, slab reefing, with stackpack type cover

Genoa

Elvstrom roller genoa

Genoa furling

Selden Furlex 200S

Spinnakers

Symmetrical spinnaker and Crusader gennaker

Primary winches

2 x Harken 40 self-tailing

Secondary winches

2 x Harken 32 self-tailing, also Lewmar 12 volt electric winch on starboard coachroof.

Bower anchor

Delta with 20 metres 8mm chain and approx 20 metres warp

Anchor windlass

Lewmar Pro Series 1000 watt electric windlass - new for 2021 season

Click here to open a new window
with selected larger size photos

Photographs October 2021 - the hull has been cleaned
and the topsides polished, but not yet antifouled.

She has the shallow draught keel (1.35 metres or 4' 5") and a spade rudder.
The engine has a Saildrive and two-bladed prop. The Saildrive gaiter was replaced in 2021

The forecabin berth is 6' 7" long fore and aft, and 6' 4" wide at the aft end.

Saloon headroom is 6' 6" aft, slightly lower forward and in the aft cabins.

Above: starboard aft cabin: left port aft cabin.

Both aft cabins have hanging lockers and berths 6' 7" long by 4' 8" wide forward. The starboard aft cabin has a small seat as well as a hanging locker.

The engine is under the companionway steps which lift up on gas struts. The Volvo MD2030 is a three cylinder
freshwater cooled engine based on a Japanese Shibaura industrial engine. This was sold in two marinised versions,