Bavaria C46
Bavaria · Maurizio Cossutti · 2023
Updated
The Bavaria C46 is a 13.95 m displacement racing yacht designed by Maurizio Cossutti and built by Bavaria, first launched in 2023. It races in Class B.
Length
13.95 m
45′ 9″
Beam
4.68 m
Draft
2.29 m
Displacement
14.3 t
Sail area
98 m²
On the podium
Where a Bavaria C46 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
1
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 1 start by 1 boat between 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Bavaria C46 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Kornati Cup2026
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 C46 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
Bavaria C42 (2 meetings), Dufour 430 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 440 (2 meetings), Bavaria C50 (1 meeting), Dufour 390 (1 meeting), Bavaria Cruiser 45 (1 meeting)
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
5.59
41°
Beam reach
9.31
90°
Broad reach
10.41
135°
Downwind VMG
8.39
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. On a windy coastal course it is in its element; on a light-air windward-leeward it has to be sailed well to hold on.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on a reach once it pipes up, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short to windward when the breeze is soft, 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 C46
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.97 | 4.33 | 5.20 | 5.59 |
| 52° | 4.67 | 6.60 | 7.70 | 8.32 |
| 60° | 5.02 | 6.94 | 8.04 | 8.66 |
| 75° | 5.25 | 7.27 | 8.34 | 9.09 |
| 90° | 5.79 | 7.96 | 8.81 | 9.31 |
| 110° | 5.99 | 8.29 | 9.32 | 10.29 |
| 120° | 5.84 | 8.18 | 9.27 | 10.67 |
| 135° | 5.21 | 7.58 | 8.91 | 10.41 |
| 150° | 4.38 | 6.64 | 8.25 | 9.53 |
| Run VMG | 3.80 | 5.76 | 7.15 | 8.39 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Roughly half carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 1080 kg.
Rigging
Bavaria C46 rig and sail dimensions
A Bavaria C46 carries 18.15 m of mainsail hoist on a 6.39 m boom, a forestay 18.57 m above the deck and a 6.49 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 4 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 160 to 191 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.