MAGICA
Class CDisplacementCruiser/Racer

MAGICA — BUL 1501

Model: Bavaria Match 35

BavariaJ&J Design

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MAGICA (BUL 1501) is a Bavaria Match 35 designed by J&J Design and built by Bavaria. She has been racing since 2022 and has won 1 race. She sails with a smaller sail plan and a deeper keel than most Bavaria Match 35s. Against a typical Bavaria Match 35 she is slower upwind in light air.

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

69

Race starts

1

Win

6%

Podiums

92

Race Edge

Bavaria Match 35: 66

570.4s/mile

Rating 2026

Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.

Under 10 kn97
10–16 kn36
Over 16 kn2
MAGICAA typical Bavaria Match 35How Race Edge works
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Length

10.84 m

35′ 7″

Beam

3.28 m

Draft

2.02 m

Displacement

5.9 t

Sail area

73 m²

On the podium

Where MAGICA finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

6%

of 69 starts · Bavaria Match 35 fleet: 12%

Wins

1%

Wins1%1
Seconds1%1
Thirds3%2
Off the podium95%65

Regattas

Every regatta we found with MAGICA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • BulgariaRegatta Port Varna - General Broker Cup202472836133
  • BulgariaRegata Varna Channel Cup20241671610112410611712964167117
  • BulgariaShorthanded Regatta202376
  • BulgariaRegata Port Varna - Cups General Broker20234543
  • BulgariaRegatta Cor Caroli Next Consult2022159118913118129129

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Round the buoys, or offshore

A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat.

Round the buoys

0%

of these races end on the podium

34 races of 10 NM or less

Offshore & coastal

25%

of these races end on the podium

12 races over 10 NM

Better the longer it gets. Boats that settle into a groove and hold it gain ground once the course stops turning.

23 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.

Who she races against

The boats MAGICA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

MAGICA aheadRival ahead
PETRA · Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek)26%ahead in 13 of 50 meetings
CHOCOLATE · Farr 407%ahead in 3 of 44 meetings
PAREA · Salona 4045%ahead in 18 of 40 meetings
ESPRESSO MARTINI · Farr 4549%ahead in 18 of 37 meetings
Show more rivals (34)
ONESPIRIT · Italia 9.9814%ahead in 5 of 36 meetings
EVIL WOMAN · Melges 3214%ahead in 5 of 36 meetings
SHIMAZEN · First Class Challenge43%ahead in 15 of 35 meetings
NIMANA · 35%ahead in 12 of 34 meetings
LILIA · Hanse 34892%ahead in 23 of 25 meetings
ALEXA X · X-415%ahead in 1 of 22 meetings
MOWGLI · Sun Fast 3276%ahead in 16 of 21 meetings
IVANA AND ALEKS · Mat 12210%ahead in 2 of 20 meetings
WASABI · X-33215%ahead in 3 of 20 meetings
DEA · Elan 3685%ahead in 17 of 20 meetings
KIARA X · X-410%ahead in 0 of 18 meetings
SCORPIO · Melges 2444%ahead in 8 of 18 meetings
UK SAILMAKERS · Conrad 2578%ahead in 14 of 18 meetings
ARROUTADO · Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek)11%ahead in 2 of 18 meetings
VICTORIA · Conrad 2556%ahead in 10 of 18 meetings
PILGRIM · Conrad 2550%ahead in 9 of 18 meetings
HYGEIA · Bavaria 46 (Farr)83%ahead in 15 of 18 meetings
BONNY STAF · First 40.731%ahead in 5 of 16 meetings
EXTASY · First 40.775%ahead in 12 of 16 meetings
SARANAIA V · Grand Soleil 45 (Judel/Vrolijk)100%ahead in 16 of 16 meetings
DARINA · Apollo 1293%ahead in 14 of 15 meetings
BLUE MAGIC · First 40.740%ahead in 6 of 15 meetings
ALBIREO · Conrad 2577%ahead in 10 of 13 meetings
GRAY GALE · Oceanis 45 (Finot-Conq)100%ahead in 13 of 13 meetings
STRIPPTEASE · Tripp 400%ahead in 0 of 12 meetings
PLANETA X · X-412100%ahead in 12 of 12 meetings
BLUE · Sb 2011%ahead in 1 of 9 meetings
OXYGEN · Melges 2444%ahead in 4 of 9 meetings
CHARLY WHISKY · Farr 3067%ahead in 6 of 9 meetings
BLACK · Sb 20100%ahead in 9 of 9 meetings
THEODORA · Bavaria 3778%ahead in 7 of 9 meetings
J 24 ONE DESIGN · J/2478%ahead in 7 of 9 meetings
YELLOW · Sb 20100%ahead in 9 of 9 meetings
BYE BYE · 11 Metre100%ahead in 9 of 9 meetings
Other competitors (17)

Met too few times for a figure.

KALINA (First 29, 6 meetings), MAISTRO (1d35, 6 meetings), RAFFICA (X-41, 6 meetings), HISPANIOLA (Evento 42, 6 meetings), LIBERTY (Liberty 47, 6 meetings), ALINA (Pogo 30, 6 meetings), CHOCOLATE 3 (Farr 52, 6 meetings), PHOENIX (Conrad 25, 4 meetings), MAXI (Sb 20, 4 meetings), METCH (Conrad 25, 4 meetings), PROXIMA (Conrad 24, 4 meetings), SMOKE (Conrad 25, 4 meetings), TILLY (Bavaria Cruiser 36, 4 meetings), KWANZA (X-41, 4 meetings), TERRA DULOR (Nicholson 345, 2 meetings), VLADA (Peterson 34, 2 meetings), CARAMEL (Trapper 500, 2 meetings)

How MAGICA compares with a typical Bavaria Match 35

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Bavaria Match 35s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Bavaria Match 35; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.24 kn
Beam reach-0.04 kn
Broad reach+0.03 kn
Downwind+0.01 kn

Full width is 0.6 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical Bavaria Match 35 on the upwind.

Speed at every angle

MAGICA in blue, a typical Bavaria Match 35 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

MAGICA in blue, a typical Bavaria Match 35 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Bavaria Match 35s racing

Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.

More about the Bavaria Match 35

Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.

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