HYGEIA — BUL 6
Model: Bavaria 46 (Farr)
Updated
HYGEIA (BUL 6) is a Bavaria 46 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Bavaria. She has been racing since 2020. She sails with a larger sail plan than most Bavaria 46s. Against a typical Bavaria 46 she is quicker upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats32
Race starts
0
Wins
3%
Podiums
58
Race Edge
Bavaria 46: 70
530.6s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
13.60 m
44′ 7″
Beam
4.35 m
Draft
2.11 m
Displacement
12.6 t
Sail area
90 m²
On the podium
Where HYGEIA finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
3%
of 32 starts
Wins
0%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with HYGEIA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
National Championship for Keel Boats202655745744- Shorthanded Regatta2024510
- Regata Varna Channel Cup2024261222121226227166641792110128
- 20th Regatta Cor Caroli Icard20202591788386
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Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat.
Round the buoys
5%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 7 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
4 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats HYGEIA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (25)
Other competitors (28)
Met too few times for a figure.
KALINA (First 29, 6 meetings), ANA BELLA (Cyclades 50.5, 6 meetings), MINT MILK (Peterson 25, 4 meetings), BACK TO BASIX (Xc 42, 4 meetings), SUNDOWNER (Conrad 25, 4 meetings), IMPALA (Conrad 25, 4 meetings), FINOOR S (Hallberg Rassy 412, 4 meetings), SMOKE (Conrad 25, 4 meetings), BARS (Carter 30, 4 meetings), WHITE WING (First 211, 4 meetings), AMORE (Van De Stadt 40, 4 meetings), CASTOR (Conrad 25, 4 meetings), DORADO (Carter 30, 4 meetings), MISTRAL (Nicholson 345, 4 meetings), ELINA (Bavaria Cruiser 34, 4 meetings), TORNADO (Conrad 24, 4 meetings), ALEXA A (JPK 11.80, 4 meetings), METCH (Conrad 25, 4 meetings), LODOZ (Conrad 25, 4 meetings), ALEXA FIRST (First 36.7, 4 meetings), LADY BLUE (First Class Challenge, 4 meetings), BARBAYANI (Platu 25, 4 meetings), HARMONY (Farr 30, 4 meetings), EXTASY (First 40.7, 4 meetings), BO BRAYA (Bavaria Cruiser 51, 2 meetings), PROXIMA (Conrad 24, 2 meetings), VLADA (Peterson 34, 2 meetings), GIO (Sun Odyssey 40, 2 meetings)
How HYGEIA compares with a typical Bavaria 46
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Bavaria 46s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Bavaria 46; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Bavaria 46 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
HYGEIA in blue, a typical Bavaria 46 dashed.
HYGEIA in blue, a typical Bavaria 46 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
More about the Bavaria 46 (Farr)
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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