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Bavaria Cruiser 41 SLittle effort, lots of effect

Fridtjof Gunkel

 · 07.07.2014

Bavaria Cruiser 41 S: Little effort, lots of effectPhoto: Boatyard Solutions
Sport version: more cloth, open stern and more effective deck layout
Bavaria Yachtbau has launched a sports version of the Cruiser 41. With minor modifications, the boat has been transformed into a veritable sports boat

The main measures are actually quite simple: based on the existing hull of the Cruiser 41, the shipyard has given the sports version a longer mast and more sail area, high-quality cloths, more draught and a more effective deck layout, as well as omitting the bathing platform and a saloon bench. The result is a boat that is fun to sail, sails faster and higher and is easier to handle.

YACHT tried it out on the course and took part in the BMW Business Cup with the prototype, which is organised in Croatia by charter company Pitter Yachting. There, the boat was able to compete with its predecessor, the 40 S, and other performance cruisers from the likes of X-Yachts and Salona.

More on this in the new YACHT (on newsstands from 9 July).

Powerful. Despite the annoyingly high IJsselmeer wave, the Cruiser 41 shows good performance potential
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Photo: Bavaria Yachtbau

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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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