Bavaria 46 (Farr)
Bavaria · Bruce Farr · 2014
Updated
The Bavaria 46 (Farr) is a 13.60 m displacement racing yacht designed by Bruce Farr and built by Bavaria, first launched in 2014. It races in Class B. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 70% of the designs it races against. It comes alive as the breeze builds, and gives time away in the light.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 70% of the boats it races against.
28th of 92 in its class.
Length
13.60 m
44′ 7″
Beam
4.35 m
Draft
2.11 m
Displacement
12.6 t
Sail area
90 m²
On the podium
Where a Bavaria 46 (Farr) finishes when she goes racing.
Not enough data yet to show how this design finishes. It has not been found in the race results we have collected so far.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Bavaria 46 (Farr) was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
No regattas found yet.
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: no races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Bavaria 46 (Farr) actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Not enough data yet to say who this design races against. No result we have collected puts it on the water beside another design we track.
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
5.49
41°
Beam reach
8.96
90°
Broad reach
9.78
135°
Downwind VMG
7.99
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 boat that wants breeze. Give it a fresh day and long legs and it delivers more than it promised; in a drifter it is working uphill.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on a reach in moderate air, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short to windward in the light stuff, giving away time it never gets back.
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 1.0 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Bavaria 46 (Farr)
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.83 | 4.20 | 5.08 | 5.49 |
| 52° | 4.48 | 6.44 | 7.56 | 8.10 |
| 60° | 4.85 | 6.80 | 7.86 | 8.41 |
| 75° | 5.08 | 7.08 | 8.10 | 8.79 |
| 90° | 5.45 | 7.66 | 8.55 | 8.96 |
| 110° | 5.63 | 7.90 | 8.88 | 9.81 |
| 120° | 5.47 | 7.75 | 8.81 | 10.06 |
| 135° | 4.86 | 7.20 | 8.48 | 9.78 |
| 150° | 4.09 | 6.30 | 7.83 | 9.01 |
| Run VMG | 3.54 | 5.46 | 6.78 | 7.99 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Most run a fixed propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 950 kg.
Rigging
Bavaria 46 (Farr) rig and sail dimensions
A Bavaria 46 (Farr) carries 16.90 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.53 m boom, a forestay 17.53 m above the deck and a 6.10 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 22 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 143 to 161 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.
Other designs under the same name
The name has been carried by more than one design. They are different boats.