Bavaria 34
Bavaria · J&J Design · 1999
Updated
The Bavaria 34 is a 10.35 m displacement racing yacht designed by J&J Design and built by Bavaria, first launched in 1999. It races in Class C.
Length
10.35 m
33′ 11″
Beam
3.51 m
Draft
1.82 m
Displacement
5.4 t
Sail area
58 m²
On the podium
Where a Bavaria 34 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 37 starts by 6 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 37 starts by 6 boats between 2015 and 2025, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Bavaria 34 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Campionato Intercircoli2025- Campionato Invernale di Roma, 44a edizione2025
- Campionato Invernale di Roma, 41a edizione2022
Trofeo Vila de Bouzas2022
A.Le Coq 64. Muhu Vaina Regatt / Moonsund Regatta 2021 - offshore2021
Raced one we are missing?
Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat. Here is how this one does in each.
Round the buoys
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Not enough data yet: 2 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.
Who she races against
The designs a Bavaria 34 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Sun Fast 40 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 343 (2 meetings), Aphrodite 101 (1 meeting), Albin Nova (3 meetings), Dehler 34 (Stadt) (1 meeting), Scanmar 33 (2 meetings), Hanse 345 (1 meeting), Dufour 34 (1 meeting), First 40.7 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Bavaria 34 has fared against each of them, boat against boat on corrected time. Ordered by how often the two meet, not by who wins.
Speed at every angle
The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.
Upwind VMG
5.18
38°
Beam reach
7.96
90°
Broad reach
8.45
135°
Downwind VMG
7.32
170°
Speed in knots at 20 knots of true wind. Green marks the angles that pay: the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Where it wins and where it pays
Every boat is judged against its own measurements — length, weight, sail area. The quicker those say it should be, the more it has to deliver just to break even. Going fast is not enough: it has to go faster than its own numbers promised.
It is an upwind boat first. Windward-leeward courses give it more of what it is good at than a coastal race does.
Where it gains
Its best ground is upwind in a strong breeze, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage across the wind as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short on a broad reach once it pipes up, giving away time it never gets back. That is a displacement hull working to its designed speed.
Above the line it delivers more than promised and gains on the fleet. Below, it falls short. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Bavaria 34
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.09 | 4.32 | 4.89 | 5.18 |
| 52° | 4.79 | 6.36 | 6.91 | 7.22 |
| 60° | 5.07 | 6.59 | 7.13 | 7.43 |
| 75° | 5.26 | 6.77 | 7.30 | 7.71 |
| 90° | 5.20 | 6.90 | 7.51 | 7.96 |
| 110° | 5.19 | 6.97 | 7.63 | 8.56 |
| 120° | 5.02 | 6.88 | 7.60 | 8.61 |
| 135° | 4.51 | 6.56 | 7.41 | 8.45 |
| 150° | 3.81 | 5.83 | 7.05 | 8.03 |
| Run VMG | 3.30 | 5.05 | 6.17 | 7.32 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Roughly half carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 550 kg.
Rigging
Bavaria 34 rig and sail dimensions
A Bavaria 34 carries 11.25 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.25 m boom, a forestay 12.20 m above the deck and a 3.93 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 6 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 59 to 70 m² depending on bowsprit and set-up. Before ordering a sail, read the figure on your own measurement record rather than the typical one for the design.