WINDWALKER
Class CHeavy displacementCruiser/Racer

WINDWALKER — EST 479

Model: Bavaria 37

BavariaJ&J Design

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WINDWALKER (EST 479) is a Bavaria 37 designed by J&J Design and built by Bavaria. She has been racing since 2021. She sails with a smaller sail plan and a deeper keel than most Bavaria 37s. Against a typical Bavaria 37 she is slower upwind in light air and on a beam reach.

WINDWALKER EST 479 - J&J Design - Bavaria

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

9

Race starts

0

Wins

0%

Podiums

51

Race Edge

Bavaria 37: 20

601.0s/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 kn1
10–16 kn96
Over 16 kn86
WINDWALKERA typical Bavaria 37How Race Edge works
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Length

11.20 m

36′ 9″

Beam

3.80 m

Draft

1.90 m

Displacement

6.8 t

Sail area

65 m²

On the podium

Where WINDWALKER finishes when she goes racing.

0

Wins

0

Seconds

0

Thirds

9

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

  • EstoniaA.Le Coq 64. Muhu Vaina Regatt / Moonsund Regatta 2021 - offshore2021221422202212
  • EstoniaA.Le Coq 64. Muhu Vaina Regatt - Parnu lyhirada / inshore2021221922

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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: 5 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

4 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.

Who she races against

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

WINDWALKER aheadRival ahead
DEJA VU · Dufour 38211%ahead in 1 of 9 meetings
HILJA · Bavaria 3211%ahead in 1 of 9 meetings
TEMPER · Finnflyer 310%ahead in 0 of 9 meetings
PÕHJATÄHT · Bavaria 300%ahead in 0 of 9 meetings
VANISHING POINT · X-9933%ahead in 3 of 9 meetings
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SEABIRD · First 31.711%ahead in 1 of 9 meetings
CELIA · Inferno 290%ahead in 0 of 9 meetings
ATLANDI VÕLG X · X-9911%ahead in 1 of 9 meetings
ELLA · Elan 29511%ahead in 1 of 9 meetings
NEW DEAL · Maxi 3511%ahead in 1 of 9 meetings
LILY · Bavaria 3422%ahead in 2 of 9 meetings
SINILIND · Bavaria 3322%ahead in 2 of 9 meetings
CENTAUR · First 31.722%ahead in 2 of 9 meetings
CHILI · Mak Seven33%ahead in 3 of 9 meetings
AZZURRA · Inferno 2933%ahead in 3 of 9 meetings
RTS BALTIC · Fareast 2889%ahead in 8 of 9 meetings

How WINDWALKER compares with a typical Bavaria 37

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Bavaria 37s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Bavaria 37; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.26 kn
Beam reach-0.12 kn
Broad reach-0.01 kn
Downwind+0.00 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical Bavaria 37 on the upwind.

Speed at every angle

WINDWALKER in blue, a typical Bavaria 37 dashed.

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WINDWALKER in blue, a typical Bavaria 37 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Bavaria 37s racing

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

More about the Bavaria 37

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

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