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Bavaria 50 Cruiser

• By Mark Pillsbury
• Updated: October 19, 2012

As far as boat tests go, I could’ve been easily distracted during my sail aboard the Bavaria 50 Cruiser , the last in the model line to be revamped by the team at Farr Yacht Design . First, the arid, rock-strewn hills of the Turkish coast around Alacati were like nothing I’d ever seen. Greek isles danced in the distance. Atop the surrounding ridges, farms of wind generators stood testament to the fact that this area of the Aegean is among the windiest to be found and the ideal exotic proving grounds for Germany’s largest boatbuilder.

And then there was the wind itself to talk about, or, to be more precise, the totally baffling near-complete lack of it, which had us bobbing about much of the morning before we motored in for lunch, hoping that the afternoon’s heat might scare up a breeze.

The 50 Cruiser, though, and the crew from Bavaria managed to command my full attention as we motored out and back, the 75-horsepower Volvo and optional Gori propeller pushing us along at a very respectable cruising speed of 7.6 knots at 2,200 rpm and at 8.5 knots or better with the engine wide open. For yuks, I throttled back and threw the power plant into reverse. We came to a sharp halt, backed and turned with ease, and, once under way again, took a tight spin and watched the 50 twirl around, upright and within a boat length and a half of itself. Under power, at least, this all-round-sailer delivered an agile performance.

Post lunch, we’d learn that the boat was a spritely light-air sailer, too.

To be honest, this was the first of the Farr-designed Bavarias that I’d been aboard, and I was struck immediately by the solid feel of the boat and the well-thought-out layout on deck and below. From the dock, we stepped aboard the electric-powered fold-down transom and swim platform, which provided uncluttered access to a cockpit that was flanked at its aft end by a split backstay and twin pedestals with Lewmar wheels and rack-and-pinion steering. A sturdy cockpit table provided a good handhold and could double as a place to brace when the boat heels. In addition to teak on the cockpit sole and swim platform, the model we sailed had optional teak decks that provided solid footing forward.

The double-spreader Seldén in-mast furling main is controlled by a sheet led to a cabin-top winch, an arrangement that’s typical on cruising boats but puts control of the sail several steps away from a singlehanded or short-crewed helmsman. Sheets for the slightly overlapping 106-percent genoa (on a Furlex furler) run to fairleads inboard on the cabin top, and from there to electric winches on the cockpit coamings, leaving the side decks free from clutter and making sail control a fingertip exercise. However, one does have to leave the wheel and step forward around the helm and between the table and seats to handle sheets when tacking.

Under sail, in 9 knots true, we hit just under 7 knots and tacked through 85 degrees. Still, it left me wanting more. The smooth-feeling steering led me to believe that with a little more wind, we’d have heeled smartly, the leeward of the twin rudders would’ve dug in, and we’d have been off for a spirited beat or, better yet, a reach like the one enjoyed by a Bavaria 50 owner with whom I spoke that evening following his arrival from a several-day sail from the Med.

Belowdecks, the 50 is downright spacious, with the saloon laid out to accommodate a crowd. A U-shaped amidships galley to port keeps the cook a part of the party, and the amply sized table with U-shaped seating to starboard and an amidships bench could easily seat eight. I liked the idea of the head to starboard of the companionway and just forward of that side’s aft cabin. It has a separate shower that can double as a place to store wet foulies. A private head and sink is to port for the other aft double. The four-cabin model we tested had a cabin forward of the galley with two bunks and a head and shower opposite to starboard. A large owner’s cabin and V-berth were forward, just aft of a water-tight bulkhead and the deep chain locker in the bow.

Three other layouts are available: a three-cabin model with an enormous owners space forward that includes a large head and shower to port and extended hanging lockers to starboard; a four-cabin layout that splits the V-berth in two, each side with its own head; and a five-cabin model with the split V-berth, a shared head forward, and a cabin with two bunks. The interior is well lit and airy, thanks to 17 opening hatches and 12 ports, and comes with wood and sole options that range from light-colored ones to dark chestnut.

Farr has drawn a hull shape with a fairly fine entry, broad shoulders, and a beam that’s carried aft. The layup consists of gelcoat and a layer of vinylester resin outboard, then solid hand-laid polyester and glass below the waterline and a glass-and-Airex foam sandwich above. The deck is Airex cored as well, with integral aluminum plates in the laminate where hardware is mounted.

Intended to be a well-rounded cruiser for both the private owner and charterer, the Bavaria 50 delivers good value with its $377,000 price tag. Add performance into the equation, and it’s hard not to enjoy an afternoon out on the 50 Cruiser. With a little wind and a destination in mind, a week or more wouldn’t be so bad, either.

Mark Pillsbury is CW ‘s editor.

View photos of the Bavaria 50 Cruiser here.

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Bavaria C50

• David Harding
• September 12, 2019

Epitomising the ultra-modern, high-volume production cruiser, Bavaria’s C50 offers plenty to appeal to today’s buyers. David Harding reports

Bavaria C50, Credit: David Harding Credit: David Harding

Product Overview

• Very competitive price
• Choice of interior layouts
• Remarkably roomy
• Smooth areas on coachroof
• Topsides high for boarding
• No small stowage in cockpit

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If any builder is determined to keep ahead of the trends in a rapidly 
changing market, it’s Bavaria. When the brand switched to Farr designs. Performance went up in leaps and bounds and the styling received some attention too.

Bavaria has now moved on from Farr’s Cruiser range by introducing the C models, designed by Cossutti Yacht Design. First came the C57 in 2017, and then the C45 and C50 last year.

Bavaria C50, Credit: David Harding

It would be hard to think of a name with a higher profile or a more impressive pedigree in performance yacht design than Farr.

At the same time, Bavaria seems to like to shake things up now and again and it’s not as though Cossutti is an unknown quantity.

Good sailing performance remains near the top of the priority list with the C models, but many other factors are behind their introduction.

Bavaria wanted to increase comfort, to provide more of the mod cons demanded by today’s buyers, to offer more choices with a whole range of mix-and-match interior layout options and, importantly, to build what it calls ‘smart connectivity’ into the boats in the form of a fully integrated electronics system.

B&G’s Naviop lets you call up any navigation data from any screen on board.

The screens also function as switch panels so, for example, you can check tank levels or turn navigation lights on or off from the helm.

Monitoring data from your phone is possible now and the next stage will be the ability to control the systems from your phone or tablet.

If you’re heading to your boat for the weekend and want the beers cold in the fridge and the cabin nicely warm when you get there, just log in and it’s done in a couple of taps.

Although you might imagine that this sort of electronic connectivity is a bolt-on that could be added to any boat, in practice it needs to be incorporated into the design from the outset.

And that’s one reason why the Cruisers are still running alongside the C range, at least for the time being, as more basic and lower-cost alternatives.

The Cruiser 51, which started life as the Cruiser 50, was introduced in 2010 and costs around £40,000 less than the C50.

Plenty of other new features are to be found in the C range too.

Galleys are no longer linear but have moved aft.

And whereas the Cruisers used the full length of the hull for accommodation, the new models have dinghy garages in the stern.

Externally, twin rudders have given way to single blades because owners wanted the manoeuvrability under power that comes with prop-wash.

They wanted self-tacking jibs too – now they’ve got them.

THE TEST VERDICT

For a 50-footer, the C50 is far from expensive.

Bavaria is promoting the performance, the comfort, the range of options, the integrated technology, the innovation, the style, the light and airy interior and the vacuum-infused laminates among other features.

You can see why.

In many ways this is quite an impressive boat.

It’s a calculated, engineered product; one that has resulted from a lot of analysis and number-crunching and that has been created to appeal to the widest possible audience.

With the C50, Bavaria has, perhaps, come of age.

It has produced a boat that will undoubtedly be seen in some respects as setting the standards for mainstream cruising yachts in this size range.

WOULD SHE SUIT YOU AND YOUR CREW?

If you want a roomy 50-footer for coastal cruising with all the mod cons, the C50 will probably be on your list.

Of course you could sail her across the Atlantic if you wanted to, but she wasn’t conceived as a blue-water cruiser: her design makes her better suited to island-hopping in the Med, and that’s the sort of thing she will do in some style.

This is a boat you might buy instead of a villa.

At the same time she’s by no means slow or unresponsive to sail, so you might have some enjoyably swift sailing as you move your comfortable home on the water from one location to another.

Whether or not she appeals to your soul, she will give the logical and analytical parts of your brain plenty to think about.

FACTS AND FIGURES

Price as tested £448,696 LOA 15.39m (50ft 6in) Hull Length 14.99 (49ft 2in) LWL 14.75 (48ft 5in) Beam 5.05m 16ft 7in) Draught 2.30m (7ft 7in) Displacement 15,490kg (37,765lb) Ballast 4,500kg (9,920lb) Ballast ratio (29%) Displacement / Length 149 Sail are a 131.73m2 (1,418sq ft) SA/D ratio 20 Diesel 250 litres (55 gal) Water 650 litres 143( gal) Engine 80 hp Transmission Saildrive RCD category A Designer Cossutti Yacht Design Builder Bavaria Yachts UK Agent Clipper Marine Tel 01489 550583 www.clippermarine.co.uk

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Technical specifications - Bavaria 50 Cruiser

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• Length HT : 50ft (15.30m)
• Max. width : 15ft (4.67m)
• Weight : 14.1 tons
• Draft : 6ft (1.85m) to 7ft (2.25m)
• Max. sleeping capacity : 10
• Number of cabins : 3 to 5
• Bathrooms : 3
• Water capacity : 560L

Standard motorisation

• Engine Power : 75hp
• Fuel capacity : 300L

Standard canopy

• Total sail area : 383sqft (116.59m2)
• Mainsail area : 195sqft (59.47m2)

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42' Bavaria 2020

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• Generator Panda 8 kW
• Teak in cockpit and swimming platform
• Bow sunbathing cushions 
• Navigation system Simrad
• Yacht controller 
• Chain counter on flybridge
• Two pilot seats on fly
• Bimini tent on flybridge
• Cockpit cover
• S/s anchor and anchor chain
• Fridge in cockpit and flybridge
• Electrical searchlight 
• Mesh covers
• Stereo system Fusion
• Bow bimini tent

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• Maximum Speed: 31 kn

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