Bavaria C50
Bavaria · Maurizio Cossutti · 2022
Updated
The Bavaria C50 is a 14.99 m displacement racing yacht designed by Maurizio Cossutti and built by Bavaria, first launched in 2022. It races in Class A.
Length
14.99 m
49′ 2″
Beam
5.00 m
Draft
2.07 m
Displacement
15.6 t
Sail area
124 m²
On the podium
Where a Bavaria C50 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 11 starts by 2 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 11 starts by 2 boats between 2024 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Bavaria C50 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Aegean Regatta2026
Kornati Cup2026- Aegean Regatta2025
- Pagasitikos Regatta2024
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: 3 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 6 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Bavaria C50 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
X-35 (5 meetings), IMX 40 (5 meetings), IMX 38 (5 meetings), Bavaria Match 35 (5 meetings), Comet 41 (5 meetings), Dehler 41 (Judel/Vrolijk) (5 meetings), Bavaria 40 Cruiser (4 meetings), First 38 (4 meetings), Grand Soleil 37 (Design) (4 meetings), Elan 37 (4 meetings), Sun Odyssey 45.1 (4 meetings), Baltic 37 (4 meetings), X-332 (4 meetings), Platu 25 (2 meetings), Bonin 358 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 35 (1 meeting), Atlantic 31 (1 meeting), Sadler 32 (1 meeting), Oceanis 46.1 (1 meeting), Bavaria C42 (2 meetings), Dufour 430 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 440 (2 meetings), Bavaria C46 (1 meeting), Dufour 390 (1 meeting), Bavaria Cruiser 45 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Bavaria C50 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
5.76
42°
Beam reach
9.86
90°
Broad reach
10.62
135°
Downwind VMG
8.57
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.
It needs pressure to show what it can do. 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 goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short on the beat 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 C50
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.19 | 4.64 | 5.46 | 5.76 |
| 52° | 5.05 | 7.11 | 8.16 | 8.60 |
| 60° | 5.46 | 7.48 | 8.49 | 8.97 |
| 75° | 5.76 | 7.78 | 8.79 | 9.49 |
| 90° | 5.92 | 8.19 | 9.20 | 9.86 |
| 110° | 6.01 | 8.43 | 9.57 | 10.84 |
| 120° | 5.85 | 8.27 | 9.47 | 11.09 |
| 135° | 5.21 | 7.65 | 9.05 | 10.62 |
| 150° | 4.37 | 6.70 | 8.35 | 9.72 |
| Run VMG | 3.78 | 5.80 | 7.23 | 8.57 |
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 1010 kg.
Rigging
Bavaria C50 rig and sail dimensions
A Bavaria C50 carries 19.34 m of mainsail hoist on a 6.66 m boom, a forestay 20.20 m above the deck and a 6.97 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails