Bavaria Yachts 41

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The Bavaria Yachts 41, on the water

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Footage from Leading the Escapade

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a moderate beam gives 24 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 24

CoastalBluewater

2.02 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.02

LightHeavy

178 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 178

EasygoingPowered-up

23.6 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 23.6

TenderStiff

35% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 35%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

What the fleet has seen

The Bavaria Yachts 41, as the fleet has seen it

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The Bavaria Yachts 41 is a fractional sloop with a fin keel and spade rudder, designed by J&J Yacht Design and built by Bavaria Yachts from 1995 to the present. It measures 12.8 meters LOA, with a 4.0-meter beam, 2.0-meter draft, and 7937 kg displacement. Aboard *Escapade*, a 41-foot vessel, the crew sailed 30 to 40 nautical miles from Paxos to Corfu without engine assistance, maintaining 10 to 15 knots of wind.11:05 The crew provisioned, laundered, and refueled in Corfu, spending 160 euros on groceries.14:36 To enter Albania, they anchored in Saranda and used Saranda Summer Tours for a 58-euro check-in and check-out process, noting that an agent simplified administrative requirements.19:08

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Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

35.3%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

23.6

Displacement / length

178.4

Comfort ratio

23.6

Capsize screening

2.02

Hull speed

8.0 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1647

Hull

Hull type

Fin w/spade rudder

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 1995

Designer

J, J&J Yacht Design

Builder

Bavaria Yachts

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Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

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