Bavaria Holiday 35
Bavaria · J&J Design · 1995
Updated
The Bavaria Holiday 35 is a 10.67 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by J&J Design and built by Bavaria, first launched in 1995. It races in Class C.
Length
10.67 m
35′ 0″
Beam
3.70 m
Draft
1.81 m
Displacement
6.0 t
Sail area
58 m²
On the podium
Where a Bavaria Holiday 35 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
6%
of 81 starts by 3 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 81 starts by 3 boats between 2018 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Bavaria Holiday 35 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
9ο Κυπελλο Καλλιθεας2026- "Αγκιστρι 2026"2026
- 43ος Ιστιοπλοικος Αγωνας Κορφος ΄262026
- "Επιδαυρος 2024"2026
- ¨16ο Athens Trophy 2026¨2026
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
6%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a Bavaria Holiday 35 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Some of the boats it races against
How the Bavaria Holiday 35 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
4.78
40°
Beam reach
7.86
90°
Broad reach
8.27
135°
Downwind VMG
7.36
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.
The stronger it blows, the better this design looks. Give it a fresh day and long legs and it delivers more than it promised; in a drifter it is working uphill.
Where it gains
Its best ground is across the wind in a working breeze, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having.
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 0.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Bavaria Holiday 35
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.84 | 4.00 | 4.61 | 4.78 |
| 52° | 4.42 | 5.98 | 6.71 | 6.95 |
| 60° | 4.71 | 6.25 | 6.92 | 7.20 |
| 75° | 4.89 | 6.46 | 7.12 | 7.54 |
| 90° | 4.99 | 6.75 | 7.41 | 7.86 |
| 110° | 5.02 | 6.81 | 7.55 | 8.45 |
| 120° | 4.83 | 6.67 | 7.48 | 8.51 |
| 135° | 4.29 | 6.25 | 7.25 | 8.27 |
| 150° | 3.64 | 5.58 | 6.86 | 7.86 |
| Run VMG | 3.16 | 4.84 | 6.19 | 7.36 |
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 530 kg.
Rigging
Bavaria Holiday 35 rig and sail dimensions
A Bavaria Holiday 35 carries 13.25 m of mainsail hoist on a 3.92 m boom, a forestay 12.05 m above the deck and a 4.39 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 64 to 72 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.