BAVARIA 37 CRUISER
PRICE £40,000-£65,000 YEAR 2006-2008
The Bavaria 37 Cruiser has been around for many years now in various guises and has proved a very popular boat for the Med, both for chartering and private use. Its timeless styling, with low coachroof, beamy hull and retroussé stern still looks good today and many have withstood serious charter mistreatment, proving the standard of build is high.
She has a deep fin keel, high aspect balanced spade rudder and shallow underwater lines, making her a swift and precise performer under sail and power.
Below the layout is open, light and airy. The joinery is neat and plenty of solid wood gives her a warm feel. She came with two or three cabins, the former having a larger aft cabin, a full-depth cockpit locker and a large heads aft. The three-cabin model had the heads moved ahead of the saloon, which isn’t quite so handy and stole space from the forecabin.
The galley is great, with twin sinks, deep fridge and full size cooker and stowage is surprisingly generous throughout the boat.
The large saloon table has seating for eight and the long settees are dead straight so make good sea berths. She also has a decent nav station with a large forwardfacing chart table and instrument space.
Her cockpit is not huge, but she has a drop-leaf table and large binnacle for instruments, plus a handy grabrail.
The layout of the deck gear isn’t ideal for singlehanded sailing, though, as the winches and sail controls are well forward of the wheel.
Lifting the helm seat gives access to the swimming platform, shower and telescopic boarding ladder. A deep chain locker and windlass ensures you can carry plenty of ground tackle for anchoring securely.
She sports a 7/8th fractional rig with a bifurcated, adjustable backstay. The mainsail is slab reefed or in-mast furled as an option and she came with a 110% furling genoa.