LADY DIANA — ROU 97
Model: Bavaria Cruiser 45
Updated
LADY DIANA (ROU 97) is a Bavaria Cruiser 45 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Bavaria. She has been racing since 2025 and has won four races. She sails with a larger sail plan than most Bavaria Cruiser 45s. Against a typical Bavaria Cruiser 45 she is quicker upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats11
Race starts
4
Wins
73%
Podiums
48
Race Edge
Bavaria Cruiser 45: 70
539.6s/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 LADY DIANA finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
73%
of 11 starts · Bavaria Cruiser 45 fleet: 24%
Wins
36%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with LADY DIANA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Corporate Regatta202621132
Bosphorus Cup2025531514
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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
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Not enough data yet: 4 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 1 race over 10 NM carry a published distance.
6 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats LADY DIANA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (15)
Met too few times for a figure.
OSTWIND (Bavaria Cruiser 45, 6 meetings), WASABI (X-332, 6 meetings), PUPA (First 34.7, 6 meetings), OPS (First 35 (Farr), 6 meetings), ADRIA (Grand Soleil 37 (Design), 6 meetings), BABY ONE (Bavaria Cruiser 38, 6 meetings), ZACAPA (Archambault 35, 6 meetings), LADY BLUE (First Class Challenge, 6 meetings), IRONY (First 40.7, 5 meetings), CODE ZERO (Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek), 5 meetings), MOJO (First 40.7, 5 meetings), SIMINA (Elan 410, 5 meetings), FAST FORWARD (First 40.7, 5 meetings), NEMO (First 40.7, 3 meetings), INCOGNITO (First 40.7, 3 meetings)
How LADY DIANA compares with a typical Bavaria Cruiser 45
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Bavaria Cruiser 45s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Bavaria Cruiser 45; 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 is quicker than a typical Bavaria Cruiser 45 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
LADY DIANA in blue, a typical Bavaria Cruiser 45 dashed.
LADY DIANA in blue, a typical Bavaria Cruiser 45 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Bavaria Cruiser 45s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Bavaria Cruiser 45
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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