MY BEST LOVE — ITA 14693
Model: Bavaria Match 42
Updated
MY BEST LOVE (ITA 14693) is a Bavaria Match 42 designed by J&J Design and built by Bavaria. She has been racing since 2013. She sails with a shallower keel than most Bavaria Match 42s. Against a typical Bavaria Match 42 she is quicker downwind, and slower upwind in light air.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats9
Race starts
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Wins
0%
Podiums
24
Race Edge
Bavaria Match 42: 23
524.7s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
12.55 m
41′ 2″
Beam
3.76 m
Draft
2.44 m
Displacement
7.8 t
Sail area
95 m²
On the podium
Where MY BEST LOVE finishes when she goes racing.
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Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
9
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 MY BEST LOVE on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Regata Brindisi-Corfù202622- Regata Brindisi-Corfù202536
- Regata Brindisi-Corfù202445
- Bocche di Puglia202467
- Regata Brindisi-Corfù20178
- Regata Brindisi-Corfù201550
- Regata Brindisi-Corfù201418
- Regata Brindisi-Corfù201339
Is there a race missing?Send us the results and we will add them here.
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: 2 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 5 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
2 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats MY BEST LOVE meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (111)
Met too few times for a figure.
SHAULA (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 4 meetings), X MAS (Millenium 40, 3 meetings), TALITHA (Salona 41, 3 meetings), X-LION (X-35, 3 meetings), VISION (Sun Odyssey 440, 3 meetings), EDERAN (First 36.7, 3 meetings), BARON (Oceanis 461, 3 meetings), SHAMADI (X-482, 3 meetings), LAVORO (Mumm 36, 3 meetings), VERVE - CAMER (Comet 50, 3 meetings), GRANDE CESARE (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 3 meetings), MOMIX (Sun Odyssey 49, 3 meetings), CANOPUS (First 36.7, 3 meetings), HYDRA (Comet 36, 3 meetings), SOFT (Dufour 40, 2 meetings), FREEDOM (Sun Odyssey 440, 2 meetings), MORGANA (Sun Odyssey 42 (Lombard), 2 meetings), ALKIMIA (Sun Odyssey 410, 2 meetings), BLOOM (Rimars 45, 2 meetings), COBALT (Sun Odyssey 44, 2 meetings), BUENA VISTA (Fy 61, 2 meetings), SPLASH (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 2 meetings), MARIA LUDOVICA (Salona 37, 2 meetings), MIROS (Bavaria 46, 2 meetings), BLU FANTA'SIA (First 40.7, 2 meetings), SBIRO (Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto), 2 meetings), PANAMA II (First 40.7, 2 meetings), BOLLICINE (Sun Odyssey 42 (Lombard), 2 meetings), ANGELICA II (Sciarrelli, 2 meetings), CLEOPATRA (First 40.7, 2 meetings), ROTGIPFLER (Elan S5, 2 meetings), FLASH (Farr 39, 2 meetings), MIROS 3 (Bavaria C45, 2 meetings), PAVANE (Sun Odyssey 40, 2 meetings), AQUARIUS (Hanse 540, 2 meetings), ANYWAVE (Frers 64, 1 meeting), FOREVER K (Cookson 50, 1 meeting), DADDY COOL X (X-50, 1 meeting), BLU 3 (Elan E5, 1 meeting), ARETUSA F (Figaro (Lombard), 1 meeting), L'OTTAVO PECCATO (M 37, 1 meeting), FREE SPIRIT (First 40.7, 1 meeting), SOUTH BREEZE (Oceanis 43, 1 meeting), MAELA (Dufour 34, 1 meeting), DORADE (First 47.7, 1 meeting), OBELIX (X-41, 1 meeting), LIRICA (X-46, 1 meeting), NIGHT SHADOW (B&c 52, 1 meeting), MADONNA DELLE CONCHIGLIE (Bavaria Cruiser 39, 1 meeting), HIGH 5 (Farr 47, 1 meeting), MIZAR X BLU (X-362, 1 meeting), EXCELLENT (Bavaria Match 38, 1 meeting), DEVA (Grand Soleil 54, 1 meeting), ORIONE (Grand Soleil 47, 1 meeting), KARMA DELTA SALOTTI (X-35, 1 meeting), VENTUS (Sun Fast 37, 1 meeting), LAVE (Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto), 1 meeting), FLY AWAY 2 (Dufour 40, 1 meeting), FIRST FLIGHT (First 40.7, 1 meeting), ROBADAMATTI (Elan 410, 1 meeting), LOLITA (ILC 40, 1 meeting), MAKTUB 2 (Elan 40, 1 meeting), ARIA (Comet 41, 1 meeting), FREYJA (Elan 40, 1 meeting), ZARINA (Grand Soleil 40 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), GLEV (Rm 12.60, 1 meeting), OPTION B (Comet 51, 1 meeting), TIVAN (Grand Soleil 44 (Polli), 1 meeting), STELLA K (Bavaria 40, 1 meeting), LUDUAN RELOADED (Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), SACRIPANTE (Comet 45, 1 meeting), WOJOWNIK 8 (Caravela 950, 1 meeting), DADDY COOL (Comet 45, 1 meeting), FALCON II (Baltic 43, 1 meeting), GRACE (Grand Soleil 40 (Polli), 1 meeting), FARRWAY (Farr 40, 1 meeting), OHANA F (Solaris 44, 1 meeting), 2 ALFA 2 (Grand Soleil 341, 1 meeting), SOUND OF SILENCE (Bonin 358, 1 meeting), RENOIR (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), COCOBILL II (Figaro 2, 1 meeting), BIBA (Bavaria Match 35, 1 meeting), CHITA (UFO 31, 1 meeting), JASMINE (Bavaria Cruiser 39, 1 meeting), ESKAPADE (X-119, 1 meeting), FLYING TEAPOT II (Grand Soleil 46 (Jézéquel), 1 meeting), ALMA3 (Feeling 39, 1 meeting), FLYING DUTCHMAN (Bavaria Cruiser 37, 1 meeting), NEAPOLIS (Oceanis 393, 1 meeting), GIPSEA (Sun Odyssey 52.2, 1 meeting), HANGOVER (Solaris 36, 1 meeting), VIRGINIA (Oceanmaster 48, 1 meeting), VOLUNTEER OF ST (Oyster 49, 1 meeting), IL RAIS (X-412, 1 meeting), BLACK CAT (Elan 310, 1 meeting), B-SIDE (First 36.7, 1 meeting), LE COCO (Dufour 40, 1 meeting), RUBENS (First 34.7, 1 meeting), KIRAN (Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), BURGUNDY (Sigma 33, 1 meeting), DREAM MACHINE (First 34.7, 1 meeting), MAISIXTI (First 45 (Briand), 1 meeting), FLORENXIA (X-332, 1 meeting), STRIGGLA (Trapper 950, 1 meeting), RELAX (Grand Soleil 343, 1 meeting), BLUE LION (Stag 38, 1 meeting), FILU TE IENTU (Show 34, 1 meeting), GAROTA DE IPANEMA (Comet 38 (Finot), 1 meeting), MORGAN (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), CAOTIKA (Sun Odyssey 45, 1 meeting), MENTA (Stag 38, 1 meeting)
How MY BEST LOVE compares with a typical Bavaria Match 42
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Bavaria Match 42s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Bavaria Match 42; 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 gives away time to a typical Bavaria Match 42 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
MY BEST LOVE in blue, a typical Bavaria Match 42 dashed.
MY BEST LOVE in blue, a typical Bavaria Match 42 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Bavaria Match 42s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Bavaria Match 42
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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