Bavaria C45
Bavaria · Maurizio Cossutti · 2018
Updated
The Bavaria C45 is a 13.69 m displacement racing yacht designed by Maurizio Cossutti and built by Bavaria, first launched in 2018. It races in Class A.
Length
13.69 m
44′ 11″
Beam
4.49 m
Draft
2.28 m
Displacement
12.5 t
Sail area
117 m²
On the podium
Where a Bavaria C45 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 13 starts by 3 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 13 starts by 3 boats between 2021 and 2025, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Bavaria C45 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Rodos Cup2025
Regata Brindisi-Corfù2025- EST 1052025
- Regata Brindisi-Corfù2024
- Regata Brindisi-Corfù2023
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: 9 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Bavaria C45 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Italia 9.98 (5 meetings), Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek) (5 meetings), Melges 24 (5 meetings), Sun Fast 32 (5 meetings), First Class Challenge (5 meetings), Conrad 24 (5 meetings), Salona 40 (5 meetings), First 211 (5 meetings), Farr 45 (5 meetings), Elan 36 (5 meetings), Dufour 35 (5 meetings), Swan 42 (4 meetings), First 47.7 (4 meetings), First 36 (4 meetings), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (6 meetings), Sun Odyssey 42 (Lombard) (4 meetings), Comet 36 (2 meetings), X-119 (2 meetings), Bavaria Match 35 (2 meetings), Mumm 36 (2 meetings), Sun Odyssey 440 (3 meetings), Bavaria 40 (2 meetings), Elan S5 (2 meetings), Sun Odyssey 49 (2 meetings), Bavaria Match 42 (2 meetings), Farr 39 (2 meetings), First 36.7 (2 meetings), Neo 430 (1 meeting), Neo 400 (1 meeting), X-41 (1 meeting), Xp 33 (1 meeting), Salona 41 (1 meeting), Italia 14.98 (1 meeting), Elan 333 (1 meeting), Oceanis 38.1 (1 meeting), Elan 40 (1 meeting), Dufour 40 (1 meeting), Comet 51 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Bavaria C45 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
5.69
40°
Beam reach
9.54
90°
Broad reach
10.61
135°
Downwind VMG
8.46
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 in a working breeze, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short on the beat in light air, 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 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 C45
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.49 | 4.93 | 5.55 | 5.69 |
| 52° | 5.42 | 7.32 | 8.08 | 8.31 |
| 60° | 5.78 | 7.61 | 8.35 | 8.61 |
| 75° | 6.14 | 8.00 | 8.61 | 9.09 |
| 90° | 6.22 | 8.21 | 8.87 | 9.54 |
| 110° | 6.20 | 8.37 | 9.33 | 10.23 |
| 120° | 6.07 | 8.26 | 9.35 | 10.65 |
| 135° | 5.41 | 7.77 | 8.95 | 10.61 |
| 150° | 4.55 | 6.84 | 8.33 | 9.66 |
| Run VMG | 3.94 | 5.93 | 7.24 | 8.46 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 990 kg.
Rigging
Bavaria C45 rig and sail dimensions
A Bavaria C45 carries 17.70 m of mainsail hoist on a 6.03 m boom, a forestay 18.40 m above the deck and a 6.20 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 7 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 134 to 187 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.