ELKE 8 — GER 5784
Model: Bavaria 47
Updated
ELKE 8 (GER 5784) is a Bavaria 47 designed by J&J Design and built by Bavaria. She has been racing since 2026. She sails with a larger sail plan and a deeper keel than most Bavaria 47s. Against a typical Bavaria 47 she is quicker upwind in light air.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats1
Race start
0
Wins
0%
Podiums
21
Race Edge
527.4s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
13.99 m
45′ 11″
Beam
4.47 m
Draft
2.02 m
Displacement
13.6 t
Sail area
113 m²
On the podium
Where ELKE 8 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
1
Starts
Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.
Regattas
Every regatta we found with ELKE 8 on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Kornati Cup20267
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Report a regattaWho she races against
The boats ELKE 8 meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (16)
Met too few times for a figure.
FAVORIT (Farr 45, 1 meeting), PHILOU (Dehler 46, 1 meeting), TRINITY (Solaris 44, 1 meeting), CALANTHE (Salona 44, 1 meeting), ODIN (Elan E6, 1 meeting), JANUARY (First 36, 1 meeting), MARCH (First 36, 1 meeting), EASY ELEVEN (Dufour 470, 1 meeting), SEPTEMBER (First 36, 1 meeting), RELEASE (Salona 41, 1 meeting), ANNA MARIA (Bavaria Cruiser 39, 1 meeting), THOR (Elan E6, 1 meeting), MARIA (More 55, 1 meeting), NEOSTAR III (Bavaria Cruiser 40 S, 1 meeting), JUNE (First 36, 1 meeting), UNIFORM (Elan 350, 1 meeting)
How ELKE 8 compares with a typical Bavaria 47
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Bavaria 47s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Bavaria 47; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots she sails level with a typical Bavaria 47 across the course.
Speed at every angle
ELKE 8 in blue, a typical Bavaria 47 dashed.
ELKE 8 in blue, a typical Bavaria 47 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Bavaria 47s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Bavaria 47
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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