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Bavaria YachtbauBavaria sells flagship

Fridtjof Gunkel

 · 20.09.2018

Bavaria Yachtbau: Bavaria sells flagshipPhoto: Werft
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The rights to the C65 go back to its Croatian manufacturer YTP. However, the boat will continue to be sold by parts of the Bavaria dealership

The C66 succeeded as Salona S650 and is a revised design by Briton Jason Ker. The semi-custom boat was built twice in its first life at the Croatian shipyard AD Boats. The Italian Maurizio Cossutti, Bavaria's new in-house designer, merely reworked Ker's design stylistically and redesigned parts of the cockpit and stern.

The first C65 was delivered to Bavaria before the insolvency and was lavishly presented at boot Düsseldorf. Subsequently, a second, further modified ship was also built by Yachting Technology Products (YTP) in Split and delivered via the Bavaria dealer Yachten Meltl. Construction number 3 is rumoured to be in progress.

The design was created by Jason KerPhoto: Werft The design was created by Jason Ker

As part of the takeover of Bavaria by Berlin-based investor CMP Capital, all rights and production resources such as the moulds were transferred to YTP; the boat was too big for the production lines in Giebelstadt, explains Marketing Director Thorben Will: "We are not set up for island production, and we want to focus on the Giebelstadt site."

Salona S 650: the flagship of AD Boats
Photo: AD Boats

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Fridtjof Gunkel

Fridtjof Gunkel

Deputy Chief Editor YACHT

Fridtjof Gunkel was born on Helgoland in 1962; he started his sailing career there in the Opti and quickly switched to keelboats. North Sea Week, Cowes Week and Kiel Week were early stops, followed by many years in the Admiral's Cup scene on the cuppers “Container” and “Rubin” World Championships and international regattas in the Starboat, with the mini-maxi “SiSiSi” and various tonner yachts as well as participation in the Whitbread Round the World Race were further formative stations, flanked by extensive cruising trips. Fridtjof Gunkel joined YACHT back in 1985 as part of a traineeship, where he later became Head of the Test & Technology department and then Deputy Editor-in-Chief around 25 years ago. He is also responsible for the regatta and sports section. Fridtjof Gunkel privately sails a performance/cruiser moored on the Baltic coast, his favorite areas are the eastern Swedish archipelago and Brittany.

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