STELLA
Class CDisplacementCruiser/Racer

STELLA — GRE 2227

Model: Bavaria Cruiser 38

BavariaJ&J Design

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STELLA (GRE 2227) is a Bavaria Cruiser 38 designed by J&J Design and built by Bavaria. She has been racing since 2025. She sails with a larger sail plan than most Bavaria Cruiser 38s. Against a typical Bavaria Cruiser 38 she is slower upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.

STELLA GRE 2227 - J&J Design - Bavaria

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

7

Race starts

0

Wins

0%

Podiums

1

Race Edge

603.2s/mile

Rating 2025

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

Under 10 kn1
10–16 kn31
Over 16 kn74
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Length

11.70 m

38′ 5″

Beam

3.90 m

Draft

2.01 m

Displacement

7.6 t

Sail area

69 m²

On the podium

Where STELLA finishes when she goes racing.

0

Wins

0

Seconds

0

Thirds

7

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

  • GreeceFriendship Regatta202518181417151617

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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: 3 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.

Offshore & coastal

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Not enough data yet: 4 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

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

Other competitors (19)

Met too few times for a figure.

LILI II (Archambault 40, 7 meetings), ARION (First 27 (Mauric), 7 meetings), HAKUNA MATATA (Comet 41, 7 meetings), THEODORA (Bavaria 37, 7 meetings), HISPANIOLA (Evento 42, 7 meetings), SVELTINA (First 44.7, 7 meetings), AEOLOS (Jouet 108, 7 meetings), BLUE MAGIC (First 40.7, 7 meetings), IPSIPILI (Elan 40, 7 meetings), NAIAS (Elan 434 Impression, 7 meetings), KIZ (Oceanis 473, 7 meetings), NORTH WIND I (Bavaria Match 35, 7 meetings), IKAROS (First 345, 7 meetings), ALEXANDROS (Sun Odyssey 42.2, 7 meetings), OKYRROI (Bavaria 40 Cruiser, 7 meetings), AEGEAS (Sun Odyssey 410, 7 meetings), NIKEA (Bavaria Cruiser 46, 7 meetings), KONDOR (Dufour 51, 7 meetings), U CAPTAIN (First 40.7, 7 meetings)

How STELLA compares with a typical Bavaria Cruiser 38

Her main 2025 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Bavaria Cruiser 38s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Bavaria Cruiser 38; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.06 kn
Beam reach-0.22 kn
Broad reach-0.86 kn
Downwind-0.70 kn

Full width is 1.0 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical Bavaria Cruiser 38 on the broad reach.

Speed at every angle

STELLA in blue, a typical Bavaria Cruiser 38 dashed.

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STELLA in blue, a typical Bavaria Cruiser 38 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Bavaria Cruiser 38s racing

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

More about the Bavaria Cruiser 38

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

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