OSTWIND — ROU 177
Model: Bavaria Cruiser 45
Updated
OSTWIND (ROU 177) is a Bavaria Cruiser 45 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Bavaria. She has been racing since 2025 and has won two races. She sails with a larger sail plan and a shallower keel 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 boats12
Race starts
2
Wins
42%
Podiums
27
Race Edge
Bavaria Cruiser 45: 70
546.8s/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 OSTWIND finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
42%
of 12 starts · Bavaria Cruiser 45 fleet: 24%
Wins
17%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with OSTWIND on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
25. Bosphorus Cup2026222326202625- Bosphorus Cup2025112325
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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: 8 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 3 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
1 more race without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats OSTWIND meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (29)
Met too few times for a figure.
WASABI (X-332, 6 meetings), PUPA (First 34.7, 6 meetings), OPS (First 35 (Farr), 6 meetings), LADY DIANA (Bavaria Cruiser 45, 6 meetings), ADRIA (Grand Soleil 37 (Design), 6 meetings), BABY ONE (Bavaria Cruiser 38, 6 meetings), LADY BLUE (First Class Challenge, 6 meetings), DAS (Farr 40, 6 meetings), CHEESE IV (Farr 40, 6 meetings), ABOAT TIME (Swan 42, 6 meetings), ROSSKO RACER (JPK 11.80, 6 meetings), CHEESE VIII (J/122, 6 meetings), TRE IRENE (First 45 (Briand), 6 meetings), COURRIER DU COEUR (First 44.7, 6 meetings), LAGERTHA (Swan 42, 6 meetings), FARRMENTOR (Farr 40, 6 meetings), FENERBAHCE 5 (Mat 101, 6 meetings), BURAN (J/122, 6 meetings), ARROUTADO (Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek), 6 meetings), CARINA (Archambault 35, 6 meetings), ANYWAY (First 40, 6 meetings), RAFFICA (X-41, 6 meetings), MERSIN YELKEN AKADEMISI (Jv 56, 6 meetings), HIT X (IMX 40, 6 meetings), SIMINA (Elan 410, 6 meetings), MATRIX (Mat 101, 6 meetings), FAST FORWARD (First 40.7, 6 meetings), INFINITO (Mat 101, 6 meetings), ORIENT EXPRESS (Farr 55, 6 meetings)
How OSTWIND 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
OSTWIND in blue, a typical Bavaria Cruiser 45 dashed.
OSTWIND 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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