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Bavaria Yachts Match 42

Fractional Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · 2004–2006

A 12.55-metre IMS competition racer with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio and a deep 2.15-metre bulb keel

Designed by Doug Peterson & J&J Yacht Design.

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

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The Bavaria Yachts Match 42, on the water

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Footage from SEILmagasinet

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 narrow beam gives 24 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 24
CoastalBluewater

1.94 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.94
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 155
EasygoingPowered-up

21.0 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 21.0
TenderStiff

34% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 34%

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

  • Draws more than ~82% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2714 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Bavaria Yachts Match 42, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Bavaria Yachts MATCH 42 is a 12.6-meter fractional sloop designed by Doug Peterson and J&J Yacht Design, built by Bavaria Yachts from 2004 to 2006. With a fin w/bulb and spade rudder hull, it displaces 7384 kg and has a 2.1-meter draft. Aboard Trimar, Martin Borg's Bavaria Yachts MATCH 42, the crew prepares for the Skagen Race, aiming for a top-10 finish in their class.2:17 Borg, who has owned the 42-foot vessel for 20 years, notes the boat performs best in heavy-air upwind conditions.0:49 Last year, Trimar suffered a broken boom during the race after a tack line failed near Vedrevarna, which has since been replaced.1:33 The crew calibrates a new genoa for the upcoming regatta, which is their first competitive event of the season.0:25

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Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
34.5%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
21.0
Displacement / length
154.9
Comfort ratio
23.8
Capsize screening
1.94
Hull speed
8.1 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1579
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
2004–2006
Designer
Doug Peterson, J&J Yacht Design
Builder
Bavaria Yachts

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