Bavarias old and new?

[Ludd]

BAYERISCHE? ba!

My boat is a heavy long-keeled old Scandinavian built brick wotsit loaded down for continuous cruising! In lighter winds I can say Bavarias have pretty sterns----that's all I ever see of them!!!

 

[Neil_Y]

I had a 1991 Bav 390 and sailed over 10,000nm in her.

I'm not sure of the date change but these were built with off white hulls, and a very different standard of fitting out and equipment to later models.

Parked alongside a 2000 Bav 42 when we came to sell her every fitting was larger or had more bolts holding it together.

Consider these boats as a different make and you won't be far wrong, they were models such as the 350, 320 and the 390 (it was the beam measurement my 390 was 12.15 loa by 3.90 beam)

Good luck with your boat hunt.

 

[CAPTAIN FANTASTIC]

I know nothing obout Bavarias but it was very interesting reading this thread; So far, the Bavaria is winning the argument, whether new or old. In the meantime, i will carry on sailing my very very old Macwester Wight, until, i have enough money to buy a Bavaria; any Bavaria

 

[Neil_Y]

Another thing that suprised us was when moored in a marina during a ferocious storm with a large swell a Cheoy lee and an Ovni both suffered cleats damaged/pulled out, our cleats didn't move and didn't leak. The damage to the Ovni surprised me a little.

 

[1bobt]

Hi Although I posted They don`t last long enough to get osmosis!!

I would buy one for my needs in the Med. Loads of space, light down below. 1st rate boat for the money

cheers bobt

 

[PaulJS]

I know nothing obout Bavarias but it was very interesting reading this thread; So far, the Bavaria is winning the argument, whether new or old. In the meantime, i will carry on sailing my very very old Macwester Wight, until, i have enough money to buy a Bavaria; any Bavaria

When you do, can I have a look at the Wight please?

 

[BurnitBlue]

Galadriel

Great photographs. What marina was Berty 2 moored in?

 

[doris]

Bavarias and Swans

A mate of mine with a Swan 40 that he cruised down to N Spain this summer was very put out 3 (!) times during the trip. That was how many times people asked him if his boat was an old Bavaria. Ho ho ho.

Bye the bye. In the early nineties I used to instruct on Bav 350s and 320s. Thought they were excellent value, good sea boats and robust. There used to be a video of a 350 being driven into rocks at 6 kts and surviving undamaged. Might be nervous doing that with a current one!

 

[Sans Bateau]

Galadriel

Great photographs. What marina was Berty 2 moored in?

Port de Borme, near Toulon. This is the second time since the marina was built in the 70's that they have had a storm of such magnitude from the east. They are now looking into modifying the sea defences. Something about changing climate I think was mentioned.

 

[BurnitBlue]

Port de Borme, near Toulon. This is the second time since the marina was built in the 70's that they have had a storm of such magnitude from the east. They are now looking into modifying the sea defences. Something about changing climate I think was mentioned.

Thanks Galadrial. I will make a note of that marina. At least I will not be asking myself if the marina I have entered is the one in your photographs.

Puts things in perspective. Last year I had a sleepless night in a Baltic harbour called Hoganas. The first pontoon near the entrance had a lot of empty spaces. I should have been warned. It was a floating pontoon which bobbed up and down as the waves entered the harbour. The trouble was my boat also bobbed up and down but on a different time scale. As the pontoon went up, my boat went down with heavy snatching. Next morning I had a big argument with the Marina manager who reckoned he could not be blamed for the weather. Rubbish. My argument was that the whole purpose of a marina was to provide protection from any reasonable weather. The weather I experienced that night was nothing like the weather on the photographs. However, next morning I noticed that the other boats on that pontoon were festooned with metal spring and rubber shock absorbers. Another warning I missed.