Bavaria Holiday 32
Bavaria · J&J Design · 1989
Updated
The Bavaria Holiday 32 is a 9.77 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by J&J Design and built by Bavaria, first launched in 1989. It races in Class C.
Length
9.77 m
32′ 1″
Beam
3.28 m
Draft
1.69 m
Displacement
4.3 t
Sail area
51 m²
On the podium
Where a Bavaria Holiday 32 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
5
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 5 starts by 1 boat between 2019, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Bavaria Holiday 32 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
North Aegean Cup2019
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: 2 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 3 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Bavaria Holiday 32 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Sun Legende 41 (5 meetings), Mount Gay 30 (5 meetings), First 42 (Farr) (5 meetings), Dehler DB1 (5 meetings), Skippi 650 (5 meetings), JOD 35 (5 meetings), Bavaria 36 (5 meetings), Elan 37 (5 meetings), Sun Odyssey 37.1 (5 meetings), Gib Sea 33 (5 meetings), Gib Sea 312 (5 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Bavaria Holiday 32 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
4.71
40°
Beam reach
7.53
90°
Broad reach
8.23
135°
Downwind VMG
7.06
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 does most things without giving much away. 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 outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage upwind as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
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 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 Holiday 32
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.85 | 4.00 | 4.60 | 4.71 |
| 52° | 4.44 | 5.95 | 6.56 | 6.73 |
| 60° | 4.71 | 6.17 | 6.74 | 6.95 |
| 75° | 4.91 | 6.35 | 6.92 | 7.29 |
| 90° | 4.94 | 6.60 | 7.14 | 7.53 |
| 110° | 5.04 | 6.70 | 7.37 | 8.21 |
| 120° | 4.86 | 6.60 | 7.34 | 8.45 |
| 135° | 4.30 | 6.26 | 7.12 | 8.23 |
| 150° | 3.67 | 5.61 | 6.75 | 7.69 |
| Run VMG | 3.17 | 4.87 | 6.04 | 7.06 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Roughly half carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 450 kg.
Rigging
Bavaria Holiday 32 rig and sail dimensions
A Bavaria Holiday 32 carries 10.95 m of mainsail hoist on a 3.85 m boom, a forestay 11.12 m above the deck. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails