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Bavaria Easy 9.7Price breaker from Giebelstadt

Fridtjof Gunkel

 · 13.08.2014

Bavaria Easy 9.7: Price breaker from GiebelstadtPhoto: Bavaria/KlausAndrews.com
Price breaker from Giebelstadt
Bavaria launches a slimmed-down derivative of the Cruiser 33 for less than 60,000 euros. YACHT has tested the boat. First impressions
Easy 9.7: no stripe, no hull window, for examplePhoto: Bavaria/KlausAndrews.com Easy 9.7: no stripe, no hull window, for example

The Easy 9.7, although around 20,000 euros cheaper than the Cruiser 33, is completely ready to sail: main and jib, winches, sheets, sea fence, even engine and compass - everything is included. In order to achieve the low price, things that are not absolutely necessary for short trips or that can be easily retrofitted have been omitted: Cooker, fridge, tailgate and much more.

Bavaria Easy 9.7: no decorative strip and no hull window, but the recess for the latter is noticeable
Photo: Bavaria/KlausAndrews.com

A first tour shows: The Easy 9.7 is a very exciting entry-level boat and a competitor for the used boat market or cheap imports.

Same hull, different structure. The new lines are more pleasing and significantly less polarising than before. The coach-roof-like structure and the trim strip conceal the immense volume
Photo: YACHT/ A. Worms

Downloads:

Bavaria Cruiser 33 - Hanse 345 (pdf)

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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