Bavaria 350
Bavaria · J&J Design · 1991
Updated
The Bavaria 350 is a 10.66 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by J&J Design and built by Bavaria, first launched in 1991. It races in Class C.
Length
10.66 m
35′ 0″
Beam
3.58 m
Draft
1.67 m
Displacement
6.2 t
Sail area
59 m²
On the podium
Where a Bavaria 350 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
1
Seconds
1
Thirds
4
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 4 starts by 1 boat between 2019, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Bavaria 350 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Aegean Regatta2019
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: 1 race 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 350 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
First 42 (Farr) (4 meetings), Sun Fizz 40 (4 meetings), Mount Gay 30 (4 meetings), Sun Legende 41 (4 meetings), JOD 35 (4 meetings), X-332 (4 meetings), Oceanis 390 (4 meetings), Elan 37 (4 meetings), Bavaria Cruiser 46 (4 meetings), First 305 (4 meetings), Optima 101 (4 meetings), Bavaria 44 (4 meetings), Hanse 370 (4 meetings), First 40.7 (4 meetings), Dufour 38 (4 meetings), Dufour 34 (4 meetings), Discovery 300 (4 meetings), Bavaria Match 35 (4 meetings), Hood 38 (4 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Bavaria 350 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
4.76
41°
Beam reach
7.74
90°
Broad reach
8.25
135°
Downwind VMG
7.07
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 design is even-tempered. It rewards preparation and crew work more than it rewards picking the right day.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on the beam once the breeze fills, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short on the run when it blows, giving away time it never gets back. That is weight that has to be driven rather than released.
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 beam reach.
How fast is a Bavaria 350
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.82 | 3.97 | 4.62 | 4.76 |
| 52° | 4.43 | 5.99 | 6.73 | 6.94 |
| 60° | 4.74 | 6.27 | 6.93 | 7.18 |
| 75° | 4.95 | 6.48 | 7.12 | 7.52 |
| 90° | 5.04 | 6.78 | 7.40 | 7.74 |
| 110° | 5.14 | 6.89 | 7.59 | 8.35 |
| 120° | 4.97 | 6.78 | 7.54 | 8.45 |
| 135° | 4.45 | 6.38 | 7.31 | 8.25 |
| 150° | 3.76 | 5.67 | 6.86 | 7.74 |
| Run VMG | 3.26 | 4.91 | 6.01 | 7.07 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Roughly half carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 360 kg.
Rigging
Bavaria 350 rig and sail dimensions
A Bavaria 350 carries 11.60 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.18 m boom, a forestay 12.41 m above the deck and a 4.13 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 3 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails