Bavaria Yachts 47

The Bavaria Yachts 47 is a 14.7-meter fractional sloop designed by J&J Yacht Design and built by Bavaria Yachtbau from 1993 to 2001.ver It features a fin with bulb and spade rudder hull, a 4.5-meter beam, 2.0-meter draft, and displaces 11,499 kg. The hull has a vertical bow and a submerged knee section, with solid GRP topsides and a sandwich hull and deck.1:19 Chainplate loads transfer through a steel floor bonded to the hull.0:52 The interior offers a three-cabin version with a forward owner's cabin and two aft twin cabins, or a four-cabin charter configuration, all with over 1.90 meters of headroom.ver The galley runs linearly along the port side.0:41 Cabin sole panels are screwed to the hull counter-mold, with removable central panels exposing keel bolt studs and the bilge pump.1:53 A Max Power bow thruster and a freshwater tank are located in the bow cabin.2:23 The standard engine is a Volvo 55 hp saildrive, with a 75 hp option available, and it carries 210 liters of fuel and 460 liters of freshwater.3:27 The cockpit is large, with two deep lockers under the seats.1:37 Running rigging is conventional, with two genoa sheet winches and two additional winches for a spinnaker; the mainsheet and other lines lead to a single cabin-top winch.1:45 The total sail area is 119 m², with a 135% overlapping genoa on a nine-tenths fractional rig with two sets of spreaders.2:24 Aboard SVN solovelanet, the boat sailed close-hauled at approximately 8 knots in over 20 knots of wind with one reef.3:51