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Review of Bavaria 42 Match


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Bavaria 42 Match is a large sailboat. The Bavaria 42 Match is built by the German yard Bavaria Yachtbau GmbH.

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Hull

The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season.


Keel

The Bavaria 42 Match has been built with different keel alternatives.

Unknown keel type

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.

Fin keel

The Bavaria 42 Match is equipped with a fin keel. A boat with a fin keel is more manoeuvrable but has less directional stability than a similar boat with a full keel.

The keel is made of lead. Compared with iron, lead has the advantage of being 44% heavier, which allows a smaller keel and hence less water resistance and higher speed.

The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 2.15 - 2.25 meter (7.05 - 7.35 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.


Engine

Bavaria 42 Match may be equipped with an inboard Volvo Penta D2-55 diesel engine at 55 hp (40 kW).


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.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Bavaria 42 Match is about 315 kg/cm, alternatively 1768 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 315 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1768 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.

L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Bavaria 42 Match is 3.32.

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Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 50% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen an average hull design.


Maintenance

Rig

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.



Guiding dimensions of running rig
UsageLengthDiameter
Jib sheet 12.5 m(41.0 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Genoa sheet 12.5 m(41.0 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Mainsheet 31.2 m(102.5 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Spinnaker sheet27.5 m(90.2 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)

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