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Bavaria Yachts 39

Fractional Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · First built 1994

A 12-metre fractional sloop with a 2.0-metre draft and a 37.8% ballast ratio, built for stability and cruising speed

Designed by J&J Yacht Design.

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

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The Bavaria Yachts 39, on the water

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

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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 25 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 25
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.94
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 178
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 20.1
TenderStiff

38% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 38%

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

What the fleet has seen

The Bavaria Yachts 39, 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 39 is a fractional sloop designed by J&J Yacht Design and built by Bavaria Yachts from 1994 to the present. It has a fin with bulb and spade rudder hull, measures 12.2 meters LOA with a 3.8-meter beam, and displaces 7399 kg. The standard draft is 2.0 meters, but a shallow draft option of 1.6 meters is available.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

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On the water

The Bavaria Yachts 39 on video

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
37.8%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
20.1
Displacement / length
178.1
Comfort ratio
24.7
Capsize screening
1.94
Hull speed
7.9 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1514
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 1994
Designer
J&J Yacht Design
Builder
Bavaria Yachts

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The family

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