Bavaria Cruiser 37
Bavaria · J&J Design · 1995
Updated
The Bavaria Cruiser 37 is a 11.15 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by J&J Design and built by Bavaria, first launched in 1995. It races in Class C.
Length
11.15 m
36′ 7″
Beam
3.80 m
Draft
1.95 m
Displacement
7.0 t
Sail area
68 m²
On the podium
Where a Bavaria Cruiser 37 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 16 starts by 3 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 16 starts by 3 boats between 2021 and 2025, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Bavaria Cruiser 37 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Campionato Invernale del Ponente2025- Regata Brindisi-Corfù2024
"Panagiotis Mantouvalos 2022"2022- Regata Brindisi-Corfù2022
- Regata Brindisi-Corfù2021
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
0%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 5 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Bavaria Cruiser 37 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Bavaria Match 35 (3 meetings), Sun Odyssey 49 (3 meetings), Grand Soleil 46 (Jézéquel) (3 meetings), Dromor 26 (4 meetings), Discovery 300 (2 meetings), Sigma 33 (2 meetings), Gib Sea 312 (2 meetings), Dehler 35 (Voogd) (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 34 (Finot) (2 meetings), X-332 (2 meetings), First 36.7 (3 meetings), Bonin 358 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (2 meetings), Figaro 2 (2 meetings), Sun Odyssey 42 (Lombard) (2 meetings), Oceanis 393 (2 meetings), X-412 (2 meetings), Elan S3 (2 meetings), Zuanelli 401 (2 meetings), Archambault 40 (2 meetings), Bavaria Holiday 38 (2 meetings), Sun Odyssey 43 (2 meetings), Sweden Yachts 340 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 40 (Polli) (1 meeting), Elan S5 (1 meeting), Farr 40 (1 meeting), Solaris 44 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 341 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Bavaria Cruiser 37 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
5.18
39°
Beam reach
8.20
90°
Broad reach
8.59
135°
Downwind VMG
7.38
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.
There is no obvious weak spot here. It rewards preparation and crew work more than it rewards picking the right day.
Where it gains
Its best ground is across the wind once the breeze fills, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage to windward as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short on a broad reach 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 37
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.02 | 4.26 | 4.91 | 5.18 |
| 52° | 4.71 | 6.36 | 7.06 | 7.36 |
| 60° | 5.01 | 6.61 | 7.25 | 7.58 |
| 75° | 5.21 | 6.79 | 7.42 | 7.88 |
| 90° | 5.32 | 7.08 | 7.75 | 8.20 |
| 110° | 5.38 | 7.18 | 7.92 | 8.82 |
| 120° | 5.21 | 7.05 | 7.85 | 8.85 |
| 135° | 4.63 | 6.64 | 7.59 | 8.59 |
| 150° | 3.89 | 5.89 | 7.12 | 8.08 |
| Run VMG | 3.38 | 5.11 | 6.29 | 7.38 |
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 640 kg.
Rigging
Bavaria Cruiser 37 rig and sail dimensions
A Bavaria Cruiser 37 carries 13.50 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.10 m boom, a forestay 13.55 m above the deck and a 4.34 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 6 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 71 to 93 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.