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Review of Bavaria 350


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Bavaria 350 is a sailboat. The Bavaria 350 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.


Rig

The Bavaria 350 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.


Keel

The Bavaria 350 has been built with different keel alternatives.

Unknown keel type

The keel is made of iron. Many people prefer lead keel in favour of iron. The main argument is that lead is much heavier than iron and a lead keel can therefore be made smaller which again result in less wet surface, i.e. less drag. In fact iron is quite heavy, just 30% less heavy than lead, so the advantage of a lead keel is often overstated. As the surface of a fin type keel is just a fraction of the total wet surface, the difference between an iron keel and a lead keel can in reality be ignored for cruising yachts.

The boat can enter most marinas as the draft is just about 1.65 - 1.75 meter (5.41 - 5.71 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.

Fin keel

The Bavaria 350 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 boat can enter most marinas as the draft is just about 1.68 - 1.78 meter (5.51 - 5.81 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.


Engine

Bavaria 350 may be equipped with an inboard Volvo Penta 2003 diesel engine


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.

Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed

What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?

The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 7.3 knots. The term "Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed" is widely used even though a boat can sail faster. The term shall be interpreted as above the theoretical speed a great additional power is necessary for a small gain in speed.


Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Bavaria 350 is about 216 kg/cm, alternatively 1212 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 216 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1212 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 350 is 2.99.

Slim Wide 73% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 73% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more spacy hull design.


Ballast Ratio

What is a Ballast Ratio?

The ballast ratio for Bavaria 350 is 33%.

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This ballast ratio shows a righting moment that is higher than 15% of all similar sailboat designs. A righting moment (ability to resist heeling) significantly below average.


Over- / underrigged

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The Bavaria 350 has more rig than 90% of all similar sailboats, which indicates that the boat is significantly overrigged.


Maintenance

Bottom Paint

When buying anti-fouling bottom paint, it's nice to know how much to buy. The surface of the wet bottom is about 35m2 (376 ft2).
Based on this, your favourite maritime shop can tell you the quantity you need.

Note: If you use a paint roller you will need more paint than if you use a paintbrush.


Rig

Dimensions of sail for masthead rig.

mainsail specifications headsail specifications

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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
Mainsail halyard 30.3 m(99.5 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard30.3 m(99.5 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Spinnaker halyard30.3 m(99.5 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Jib sheet 10.8 m(35.3 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Genoa sheet10.8 m(35.3 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Mainsheet 26.9 m(88.2 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Spinnaker sheet23.7 m(77.6 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Cunningham4.2 m(13.8 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Kickingstrap8.4 m(27.6 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Clew-outhaul8.4 m(27.6 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)

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