Boat models · Bavaria
Bavaria 36
Sailboat, coastal cruiser · built 1998-2000 · designed by J&J Design
Key figures
Comfort19.9lively, coastal
Capsize screen2.12fails the screen
D/L180light
Ballast ratio0.33average
Hull speed7.4kt
- Built
- 1998-2000
- Designer
- J&J Design
- Builder
- Bavaria Yachts (GER)
- Rig
- Masthead Sloop
- Keel
- Fin with bulb, spade rudder
- Length
- 37.9 ft
- Beam / draft
- 12.1 ft · 6.1 ft
- Displacement
- 11,817 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, cheap charter-fleet cruiser; fine coastally, check keel grid and ex-charter wear
- Coastal cruising
- ordinary · spacious, easy, decent pace in moderate wind
- Offshore passages
- mixed · light build and flat bow pound; some do cross oceans
- Liveaboard
- ordinary · lots of volume, but finishes wear
- Loved
- lots of space for the money · easy to handle with a small crew · sails reasonably well, quick in moderate air · cheap to buy and parts available
- Gripes
- build quality, light interior joinery · ex-charter boats are often worn hard · shallow cockpit lockers, limited storage · rolls and slams in a seaway
- Survey for
- keel bolts and floor grid cracking after groundings · leaking deck fittings and windows · rudder bearing play · worn standing rigging on ex-charter boats
- Cross-shopped
- Beneteau Oceanis 361 · Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 36 · Dufour 36 · Hanse 371
Owner opinion from ybw.com, cruisersforum.com, forums.sailboatowners.com
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