Bavaria 35
Bavaria · J&J Design · 2004
Updated
The Bavaria 35 is a 10.84 m displacement racing yacht designed by J&J Design and built by Bavaria, first launched in 2004. It races in Class C.
Length
10.84 m
35′ 7″
Beam
3.28 m
Draft
2.01 m
Displacement
6.1 t
Sail area
69 m²
On the podium
Where a Bavaria 35 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
2
Seconds
0
Thirds
5
Starts
Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.
Read from 5 starts by 1 boat between 2025 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Bavaria 35 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Kopun Kaksinpurjehdus2026- Björkholmen - Blekholmen2026
- Garmin ORC DH European Championship2025
- Double-Handed Finnish Championship 2025 - Espoo-Naissaari Race2025
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: no 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.
Who she races against
The designs a Bavaria 35 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Ridas 35 (4 meetings), X-34 (2 meetings), First 35 (Farr) (4 meetings), First 34.7 (2 meetings), First 31.7 (6 meetings), First 30 (Kouyoumdjian) (2 meetings), Inferno 31 (2 meetings), Fareast 28 (2 meetings), X-362 (2 meetings), Archambault 31 (2 meetings), Linjett 33 (2 meetings), Seascape 27 (2 meetings), Dehler 30 OD (2 meetings), Salona 34 (2 meetings), J/11 (2 meetings), J/105 (2 meetings), JPK 10.30 (1 meeting), Archambault 35 (1 meeting), Pogo 40 (1 meeting), Akilaria Rc 1 (1 meeting), Dufour 40 (1 meeting), Finn Express 83 (1 meeting), X-332 (1 meeting), Finngulf 28 (1 meeting), Dehler 34 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), Finngulf 33 (1 meeting), Finngulf 41 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Bavaria 35 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
5.03
40°
Beam reach
8.23
90°
Broad reach
9.41
135°
Downwind VMG
7.82
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.
This is a light-air boat. In the light it does more than its numbers promise, and gives some of that back when the wind arrives.
Where it gains
Its best ground is cracked off in light air, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, 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 the beat 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 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a Bavaria 35
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.38 | 4.57 | 4.92 | 5.03 |
| 52° | 5.21 | 6.69 | 7.11 | 7.25 |
| 60° | 5.54 | 6.92 | 7.33 | 7.49 |
| 75° | 5.83 | 7.19 | 7.60 | 7.87 |
| 90° | 5.96 | 7.38 | 7.81 | 8.23 |
| 110° | 5.88 | 7.51 | 8.12 | 8.79 |
| 120° | 5.75 | 7.47 | 8.26 | 9.13 |
| 135° | 5.17 | 7.16 | 8.05 | 9.41 |
| 150° | 4.36 | 6.44 | 7.55 | 8.65 |
| Run VMG | 3.77 | 5.58 | 6.71 | 7.82 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Roughly half carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 450 kg.
Rigging
Bavaria 35 rig and sail dimensions
A Bavaria 35 carries 13.68 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.90 m boom, a forestay 14.68 m above the deck and a 4.87 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 4 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails