Boat models · Bavaria
Bavaria 34
Sailboat, coastal cruiser · built 1999- · designed by J & J Design
Key figures
Comfort19.7lively, coastal
Capsize screen2.13fails the screen
SA/D22.2performance
D/L208moderate
Ballast ratio0.31average
Hull speed7.1kt
- Built
- 1999-
- Designer
- J & J Design
- Builder
- Bavaria Yachts (GER)
- Rig
- Fractional Sloop
- Keel
- Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
- Length
- 35.6 ft
- Beam / draft
- 11.4 ft · 6.1 ft
- Displacement
- 9,920 lb
Design figures as published, not for any one hull. Full specifications on sailboatdata.com.
Reputation
Classcoastal cruiseras owners use it
Forumsordinarydoes the job, nobody seeks it
Roomy charter-spec value cruiser; fine for coastal hops, built to a price
- Coastal cruising
- ordinary · roomy, easy to handle, adequate sailing
- Liveaboard
- ordinary · big volume for length, basic joinery
- Offshore passages
- mixed · light build and flat bow pound in big seas
- First boat
- ordinary · cheap to buy, simple systems, plenty on market
- Loved
- lots of interior volume for the money · easy to sail shorthanded · good value on used market · decent pace in moderate wind
- Gripes
- build quality and joinery to a price · shallow lockers and limited stowage · flat bow slams in chop · ex-charter boats often tired
- Survey for
- keel bolts and grid bonding after groundings · rudder bearing wear · leaking deck fittings and windows · ex-charter wear on sails and engine
- Cross-shopped
- Beneteau Oceanis 331 · Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 35 · Dufour 34 · Hanse 341
Owner opinion from ybw.com, cruisersforum.com, sailboatdata.com
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