Bavaria Cruiser 36
Bavaria · J&J Design · 1998
Updated
The Bavaria Cruiser 36 is a 11.00 m displacement racing yacht designed by J&J Design and built by Bavaria, first launched in 1998. It races in Class C.
Length
11.00 m
36′ 1″
Beam
3.61 m
Draft
1.59 m
Displacement
6.5 t
Sail area
57 m²
On the podium
Where a Bavaria Cruiser 36 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
6%
of 18 starts by 2 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 18 starts by 2 boats between 2018 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Bavaria Cruiser 36 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Regatta Sozopol Sailing Cup2026- Regatta Port Varna - General Broker Cup2024
- Regatta Cor Caroli Next Consult2022
Μιλτος Γιαννουλης2020- Agistri Race2018
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: 7 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 8 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Bavaria Cruiser 36 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), X-332 (6 meetings), First 40.7 (6 meetings), Nicholson 345 (6 meetings), First Class Challenge (6 meetings), Bavaria Cruiser 33 (6 meetings), First 47.7 (6 meetings), Platu 25 (6 meetings), Farr 30 (6 meetings), First 36.7 (6 meetings), Elan 36 (6 meetings), Sb 20 (4 meetings), First 29 (4 meetings), Mat 122 (4 meetings), Bavaria Match 35 (4 meetings), Bavaria 37 (3 meetings), X-41 (3 meetings), UFO 28 (3 meetings), Bull 700 (3 meetings), Bavaria Cruiser 45 (3 meetings), Sun Odyssey 40 (3 meetings), Conrad 24 (3 meetings), Dehler 34 (Stadt) (1 meeting), First 325 (1 meeting), JPK 960 (1 meeting), Sunrise 35 (1 meeting), Dehler 36 (Stadt) (1 meeting), Moody 33 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 32.1 (1 meeting), First 32 (1 meeting), Oceanis 473 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 37 (Design) (1 meeting), Gin Fizz (2 meetings), Catalina 320 (1 meeting), Dufour 34 (Dufour) (2 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Bavaria Cruiser 36 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
5.02
40°
Beam reach
8.11
90°
Broad reach
8.64
135°
Downwind VMG
7.22
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 across the wind in moderate air, 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 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 Cruiser 36
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.87 | 4.09 | 4.83 | 5.02 |
| 52° | 4.48 | 6.16 | 6.96 | 7.28 |
| 60° | 4.78 | 6.45 | 7.15 | 7.54 |
| 75° | 4.98 | 6.65 | 7.32 | 7.82 |
| 90° | 5.10 | 6.98 | 7.68 | 8.11 |
| 110° | 5.21 | 7.09 | 7.83 | 8.77 |
| 120° | 5.04 | 6.95 | 7.76 | 8.90 |
| 135° | 4.48 | 6.50 | 7.49 | 8.64 |
| 150° | 3.78 | 5.74 | 7.00 | 7.99 |
| Run VMG | 3.27 | 4.97 | 6.09 | 7.22 |
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 660 kg.
Rigging
Bavaria Cruiser 36 rig and sail dimensions
A Bavaria Cruiser 36 carries 12.51 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.25 m boom, a forestay 12.95 m above the deck and a 4.13 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 75 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.