Review of Bavaria 1130
Basic specs.
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The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season.
The boat is equipped with 8 berths.
The Bavaria 1130 is equipped with a masthead rig. The advantage of a masthead rig is its simplicity and the fact that a given sail area - compared with a fractional rig - can be carried lower and thus with less heeling moment.
The Bavaria 1130 has been built with different keel alternatives.
Fin keel
The Bavaria 1130 is equipped with a fin keel. The fin keel is the most common keel and provides splendid manoeuvrability. The downside is that it has less directional stability than a long keel.
The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 1.89 - 1.99 meter (6.20 - 6.50 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.
Unknown keel type
The Bavaria 1130 has been equipped with different engine alternatives.
Alternative 1:
Bavaria 1130 may be equipped with an inboard Volvo Penta MD2040 diesel engine at 40 hp (29 kW).
Alternative 2:
The boat may be equipped with an inboard diesel engine at 28 hp (20 kW).
The transmission is a saildrive.
Sailing characteristics
This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.
What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?
The capsize screening value for Bavaria 1130 is 1.87, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.
The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level.
The immersion rate for Bavaria 1130 is about 261 kg/cm, alternatively 1466 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 261 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm.
Alternatively, if you load 1466 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.
Sailing statistics
This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.
What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?
The l/b ratio for Bavaria 1130 is 3.27.
Maintenance
If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful.
| Usage | Length | Diameter | ||
| Jib sheet | 11.3 m | (37.1 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Genoa sheet | 11.3 m | (37.1 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Mainsheet | 28.2 m | (92.7 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Spinnaker sheet | 24.9 m | (81.6 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
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