Review of Bavaria 40 Ocean
Basic specs.
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The hull is made of hand laid fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of hand laid fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season.
The boat is equipped with 380.0 liter fresh water capacity.
The Bavaria 40 Ocean is equipped with a fractional rig. A fractional rig has smaller headsails which make tacking easier, which is an advantage for cruisers and racers, of course. The downside is that having the wind from behind often requires a gennaker or a spinnaker for optimal speed.
The boat may be equipped with an inboard Volvo Penta MD22 diesel engine at 59 hp (43 kW). Calculated max speed is about 7.9 knots
The transmission is a saildrive.
The fuel tank has a capacity of 230.0 liters (60 US gallons, 50 imperial gallons).
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 40 Ocean is 1.97, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.
What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?
The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 8.0 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.
The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level.
The immersion rate for Bavaria 40 Ocean is about 292 kg/cm, alternatively 1639 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 292 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm.
Alternatively, if you load 1639 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 Motion Comfort Ratio (MCR)?
The Motion Comfort Ratio for Bavaria 40 Ocean is 25.0.
What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?
The l/b ratio for Bavaria 40 Ocean is 3.13.
What is Displacement Length Ratio?
The DL-ratio for Bavaria 40 Ocean is 180 which categorizes this boat among 'light racers'.
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 | 12.5 m | (40.9 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Genoa sheet | 12.5 m | (40.9 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Mainsheet | 31.2 m | (102.4 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Spinnaker sheet | 27.5 m | (90.1 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
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