Bavaria Cruiser 33
Bavaria · J&J Design · 2006
Updated
The Bavaria Cruiser 33 is a 10.25 m displacement racing yacht designed by J&J Design and built by Bavaria, first launched in 2006. It races in Class C.
Length
10.25 m
33′ 8″
Beam
3.49 m
Draft
1.78 m
Displacement
5.3 t
Sail area
54 m²
On the podium
Where a Bavaria Cruiser 33 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
9
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 9 starts by 2 boats between 2022 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Bavaria Cruiser 33 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Ναο Λαυρεωτικης-Ναο Αναβ.& Π Φωκαιας-Ναο Λεγραινων Αρσιδ2026- Νικος Γκρανιας 20262025
Regatta Cor Caroli Next Consult2022
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: 6 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Bavaria Cruiser 33 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Peterson 25 (6 meetings), First 211 (6 meetings), X-332 (6 meetings), First 40.7 (6 meetings), Nicholson 345 (6 meetings), Sun Fast 32 (6 meetings), First Class Challenge (6 meetings), Hanse 348 (6 meetings), Apollo 12 (6 meetings), Bavaria Cruiser 36 (6 meetings), First 47.7 (6 meetings), Dromor 26 (3 meetings), Sun Light 30 (3 meetings), Grand Soleil 43 (Design) (3 meetings), Yca 29 (3 meetings), Albin Ballad (3 meetings), Oceanis 331 (3 meetings), Bavaria Holiday 36 (2 meetings), First Class 8 (2 meetings), Elan 33 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 343 (1 meeting), First 35 (Berret) (1 meeting), Dehler 36 (Stadt) (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 42.1 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Bavaria Cruiser 33 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
4.88
39°
Beam reach
7.96
90°
Broad reach
8.47
135°
Downwind VMG
7.46
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 outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short upwind 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 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 Cruiser 33
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.88 | 4.04 | 4.67 | 4.88 |
| 52° | 4.47 | 6.03 | 6.76 | 7.03 |
| 60° | 4.75 | 6.30 | 6.96 | 7.27 |
| 75° | 4.94 | 6.50 | 7.15 | 7.65 |
| 90° | 5.02 | 6.84 | 7.53 | 7.96 |
| 110° | 5.11 | 6.97 | 7.73 | 8.59 |
| 120° | 4.94 | 6.84 | 7.66 | 8.70 |
| 135° | 4.40 | 6.42 | 7.38 | 8.47 |
| 150° | 3.77 | 5.72 | 6.95 | 7.97 |
| Run VMG | 3.26 | 4.96 | 6.27 | 7.46 |
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 600 kg.
Rigging
Bavaria Cruiser 33 rig and sail dimensions
A Bavaria Cruiser 33 carries 12.02 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.25 m boom, a forestay 12.77 m above the deck and a 4.05 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 3 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 61 to 79 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.