Bavaria Cruiser 34
Bavaria · J&J Design · 2007
Updated
The Bavaria Cruiser 34 is a 10.37 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by J&J Design and built by Bavaria, first launched in 2007. It races in Class C.
Length
10.37 m
34′ 0″
Beam
3.51 m
Draft
1.85 m
Displacement
5.6 t
Sail area
54 m²
On the podium
Where a Bavaria Cruiser 34 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
10%
of 42 starts by 3 boats
Wins
2%
Read from 42 starts by 3 boats between 2020 and 2025, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Bavaria Cruiser 34 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Lliga Creuers2025- Lliga Creuers2024
- Lliga Creuers2023
Kypello Amfitheas2021
20th Regatta Cor Caroli Icard2020
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
7%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 9 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Bavaria Cruiser 34 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Peterson 25 (7 meetings), Sun Fast 32 (7 meetings), First 211 (7 meetings), Apollo 12 (7 meetings), Conrad 24 (7 meetings), X-332 (4 meetings), Xc 42 (4 meetings), Hallberg Rassy 412 (4 meetings), First Class Challenge (4 meetings), First 29 (4 meetings), Nicholson 345 (4 meetings), Hanse 320 (3 meetings), Grand Soleil 37 (Design) (3 meetings), Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek) (3 meetings), First 40.7 (6 meetings), Bavaria Match 42 (3 meetings), Italia 9.98 (3 meetings), Farr 45 (3 meetings), Bavaria Cruiser 40 S (3 meetings), Swan 42 (3 meetings), Grand Surprise (3 meetings), Oceanis 393 (3 meetings), Dufour 35 (3 meetings), Dufour 2800 (3 meetings), Salona 40 (2 meetings), Moody 38 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Bavaria Cruiser 34 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
5.06
39°
Beam reach
8.01
90°
Broad reach
8.32
135°
Downwind VMG
7.12
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 the beam when it blows, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short downwind in a strong breeze, giving away time it never gets back. That is weight that has to be driven rather than released.
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 Cruiser 34
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.82 | 3.99 | 4.70 | 5.06 |
| 52° | 4.37 | 5.98 | 6.78 | 7.18 |
| 60° | 4.65 | 6.25 | 6.98 | 7.37 |
| 75° | 4.83 | 6.46 | 7.21 | 7.71 |
| 90° | 5.07 | 6.90 | 7.55 | 8.01 |
| 110° | 5.14 | 6.89 | 7.67 | 8.56 |
| 120° | 4.87 | 6.75 | 7.59 | 8.59 |
| 135° | 4.34 | 6.33 | 7.33 | 8.32 |
| 150° | 3.68 | 5.58 | 6.84 | 7.78 |
| Run VMG | 3.19 | 4.84 | 5.96 | 7.12 |
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 380 kg.
Rigging
Bavaria Cruiser 34 rig and sail dimensions
A Bavaria Cruiser 34 carries 11.80 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.25 m boom, a forestay 12.20 m above the deck and a 4.21 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 5 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 57 to 67 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.