NIKEA — GRE 1752
Model: Bavaria Cruiser 46
Updated
NIKEA (GRE 1752) is a Bavaria Cruiser 46 designed by J&J Design and built by Bavaria. She has been racing since 2018. She sails with a larger sail plan than most Bavaria Cruiser 46s. Against a typical Bavaria Cruiser 46 she is quicker upwind in light air, and slower on a beam reach and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats35
Race starts
0
Wins
0%
Podiums
7
Race Edge
544.7s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
13.98 m
45′ 10″
Beam
4.42 m
Draft
1.76 m
Displacement
11.4 t
Sail area
98 m²
On the podium
Where NIKEA finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 35 starts · Bavaria Cruiser 46 fleet: 0%
Wins
0%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with NIKEA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Friendship Regatta202617171616151616- Friendship Regatta202517171715171716
- Friendship Regatta2024172012151312
- Friendship Regatta202319121218181717
- Aegean Regatta201915251816
- Aegean Regatta20189302130
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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
0%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
0%
of these races end on the podium
Level across both. Plenty of designs fall away once the course gets long — a light hull that thrives round the cans can struggle through a night at sea. This one does not.
Who she races against
The boats NIKEA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (34)
Other competitors (42)
Met too few times for a figure.
STELLA (Bavaria Cruiser 38, 7 meetings), KONDOR (Dufour 51, 7 meetings), BLUE DOG V (X-99, 7 meetings), OKYALOS V (X-3, 7 meetings), AEOLIAN TOO (Oceanis 393, 7 meetings), DANAE (Bavaria 44, 7 meetings), SARANAIA V (Grand Soleil 45 (Judel/Vrolijk), 6 meetings), NESSUN DORMA (First 40.7, 6 meetings), EQUINOX (X-372, 6 meetings), DIVA (Sun Light 30, 6 meetings), ALEXA A (JPK 11.80, 6 meetings), BLUESCAPE (Oceanis 361, 4 meetings), COURRIER DU COEUR (First 44.7, 4 meetings), DRAGON (Attalia 32, 4 meetings), QUASAR (First 305, 4 meetings), ECHIONAS (IMX 38, 4 meetings), NIKI (Sigma 33, 4 meetings), TRINITY (First 456, 4 meetings), TOMAHAWK (First 45 (Farr), 4 meetings), ST ANNA (Skif 42, 4 meetings), MILOU (Conway 36, 4 meetings), COMRADE (Dufour 45, 4 meetings), VENCEREMOS (Elan 40, 4 meetings), KOUZINI (Atlantic 31, 4 meetings), AETHRA (First 32, 4 meetings), IDEA (Atlantic 44, 4 meetings), ILEKTRA (First 29, 4 meetings), CORRENTE (Sun Odyssey 33.1, 4 meetings), MELIPLOE (First 42 (Farr), 4 meetings), FAIRYTALE (Elan 40, 4 meetings), SIMERA (Bavaria 350, 4 meetings), ASTRAPI (JOD 35, 4 meetings), KLEONIKI (First 305, 4 meetings), SMILE 3 (First 305, 4 meetings), EUPLOIA (Contest 33, 4 meetings), ARMIDA (Hanse 370, 4 meetings), VERTIGO (Sunrise, 4 meetings), NAUTILUS VI (Dufour 38, 4 meetings), SYLVIA (Dufour 34, 4 meetings), CALYPSO (Discovery 300, 4 meetings), ATHINA (Hood 38, 4 meetings), SUTTON BONINGTON (Dufour 3800, 4 meetings)
How NIKEA compares with a typical Bavaria Cruiser 46
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Bavaria Cruiser 46s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Bavaria Cruiser 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 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical Bavaria Cruiser 46 on the broad reach.
Speed at every angle
NIKEA in blue, a typical Bavaria Cruiser 46 dashed.
NIKEA in blue, a typical Bavaria Cruiser 46 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Bavaria Cruiser 46s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Bavaria Cruiser 46
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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