TAKE WIND
Class BDisplacementCruiser/Racer

TAKE WIND — RUS 65

Model: Bavaria Match 42

BavariaJ&J Design

Updated

TAKE WIND (RUS 65) is a Bavaria Match 42 designed by J&J Design and built by Bavaria. She has been racing since 2025. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most Bavaria Match 42s. She sails close to a typical Bavaria Match 42 at every angle.

TAKE WIND RUS 65 - J&J Design - Bavaria

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

6

Race starts

0

Wins

0%

Podiums

21

Race Edge

Bavaria Match 42: 23

522.0s/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 kn40
10–16 kn8
Over 16 kn10
TAKE WINDA typical Bavaria Match 42How Race Edge works
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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 TAKE WIND finishes when she goes racing.

0

Wins

0

Seconds

0

Thirds

6

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 TAKE WIND on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • Türkiye36th Marmaris International Race Week2025141414151513

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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: 4 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 TAKE WIND meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

Other competitors (13)

Met too few times for a figure.

BURAN (J/122, 6 meetings), ST ANNA (Skif 42, 6 meetings), WIZARD (Waarschip 36, 6 meetings), MY OLGA (First 40, 6 meetings), ARTFUL (Archambault 40, 6 meetings), HIT X (IMX 40, 6 meetings), LOBSTER ST (First 40, 6 meetings), MAX JR (First 40, 6 meetings), STREKOZA (Salona 41, 6 meetings), MAUI (Dehler 41 (Judel/Vrolijk), 6 meetings), ANYWAY (First 40, 6 meetings), JOLOU (J/122, 6 meetings), WIND RIDER (First 40, 6 meetings)

How TAKE WIND compares with a typical Bavaria Match 42

Her main 2025 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.

True wind
Upwind+0.02 kn
Beam reach+0.00 kn
Broad reach+0.07 kn
Downwind+0.02 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Bavaria Match 42 on the broad reach.

Speed at every angle

TAKE WIND in blue, a typical Bavaria Match 42 dashed.

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TAKE WIND 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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