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Bavaria Yachts 44

Fractional Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · 2002–2004

A 2002-2004 production cruiser featuring a 13.93-metre hull and a balanced 19.84 sail-area-to-displacement ratio

Designed by J&J Yacht Design.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder

See her sail

The Bavaria Yachts 44, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from Alfredo Contaldo

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelyComfort 25Sea-kindly
CoastalCapsize 2.01Bluewater
LightD/L 179Heavy
EasygoingSA/D 19.8Powered-up
TenderBallast 31%Stiff

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

  • Beamier than ~78% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2258 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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On the water

The Bavaria Yachts 44 on video

What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model for sale, and the asking prices that came with it.

$100,000Median asking

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
31.3%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
19.8
Displacement / length
179.2
Comfort ratio
24.6
Capsize screening
2.01
Hull speed
8.2 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1862
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
2002–2004
Designer
J&J Yacht Design
Builder
Bavaria Yachts

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