ORION
Class CDisplacementCruiser/Racer

ORION — GRE 2106

Model: Bavaria Holiday 36

BavariaJ&J Design

Updated

ORION (GRE 2106) is a Bavaria Holiday 36 designed by J&J Design and built by Bavaria. She has been racing since 2024. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most Bavaria Holiday 36s. Against a typical Bavaria Holiday 36 she is slower upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.

ORION GRE 2106 - J&J Design - Bavaria

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

2

Race starts

0

Wins

50%

Podiums

6

Race Edge

627.4s/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 kn2
10–16 kn73
Over 16 kn51
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Length

11.18 m

36′ 8″

Beam

3.70 m

Draft

1.78 m

Displacement

5.4 t

Sail area

62 m²

On the podium

Where ORION finishes when she goes racing.

0

Wins

0

Seconds

1

Thirds

2

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 ORION on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • GreeceΝικος Γκρανιας 2026202538
  • GreeceΝικος Γκρανιας202421

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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

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Not enough data yet: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.

Offshore & coastal

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Not enough data yet: 2 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

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

Other competitors (10)

Met too few times for a figure.

SAITA (Dromor 26, 2 meetings), TZELA DELTA (Sun Light 30, 2 meetings), YAKINTHI (First Class 8, 2 meetings), AEGEANIX (Elan 33, 2 meetings), SUNBIRD (Grand Soleil 43 (Design), 2 meetings), DORIAN (Yca 29, 2 meetings), JENY-MARI (Albin Ballad, 2 meetings), MOUNT KANDILI (Sonata 26, 2 meetings), THE SAKKS (Bavaria Cruiser 33, 2 meetings), IRENE (Oceanis 331, 2 meetings)

How ORION compares with a typical Bavaria Holiday 36

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Bavaria Holiday 36s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Bavaria Holiday 36; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.32 kn
Beam reach-0.06 kn
Broad reach-0.08 kn
Downwind-0.16 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical Bavaria Holiday 36 on the upwind.

Speed at every angle

ORION in blue, a typical Bavaria Holiday 36 dashed.

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ORION in blue, a typical Bavaria Holiday 36 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Bavaria Holiday 36s racing

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

More about the Bavaria Holiday 36

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

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