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#11

Bavaria Yacht Help! / Re: 39 Cruiser Keel Depth

Last post by jdy66 - July 09 2026, 08:13

Just to close the loop on this in case it is useful to others...

Bavaria was contacted and replied within 24h to say that the measurements on the builder certificate don't necessarily relate to the actual draft of the vessel.

They confirmed that although the builders certificate said 2.25 the actual keel depth was 1.85 as per other documents.

#12

Bavaria Yacht Help! / Re: 39 Cruiser Keel Depth

Last post by jdy66 - July 08 2026, 08:33

I find it hard to believe that a Bavaria 39 would have 2.25m draft. Our B40 2001 vintage has the deep lead keel option 2.1m and I believe the standard cast iron keel was around 1.9m

2.25 starts to sound like Match series draft

BR

Tommi
s/y Anniina

Yeah I thought that was odd... Then I found this (different boat) https://www.boat24.com/en/sailingboats/bavaria/bavaria-39-cruiser/detail/662090/ and in the advert in several places it goes on about the 2.25 keel so it doesn't seem like an auto fill typo etc... deep keel for the size. I previously thought the 39 cruisers only came with 1.85 or 2.05 options...

#13

Bavaria Yacht Help! / Re: 39 Cruiser Keel Depth

Last post by sy_Anniina - July 08 2026, 08:03

I find it hard to believe that a Bavaria 39 would have 2.25m draft. Our B40 2001 vintage has the deep lead keel option 2.1m and I believe the standard cast iron keel was around 1.9m

2.25 starts to sound like Match series draft

BR

Tommi
s/y Anniina

#14

Bavaria Yacht Help! / 39 Cruiser Keel Depth

Last post by jdy66 - July 08 2026, 07:32

I am looking at a Bav 39 cruiser which has a builder's certificate stating the keel depth to be 2.25m, but then all of the rest of the documents refer to 1.85m... including a tonnage survey.

I am wondering why the discrepancy... Did the builders cert just state the max draft possible?? I would have thought these figures wereexact for the specific boat.

I can see I might have to get under the boat to measure this using the method yngmar suggested in another post.

Any observations/thoughts most welcome.

Cheers

Jon

#15

Bavaria Yacht Help! / Re: Cleaning the heat exchange...

Last post by Ailatan - July 06 2026, 11:20

Hi everyone,
I'm reopening my own post because I now want to flush the cooling system both the inner circuit and the raw water circuit.
Can anyone give me some advice on the products they've used and how they went about it?
Thanks on advance

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#16

Scuttlebutt / New plain-language guide: Heav...

Last post by KSF - July 04 2026, 12:47

I am continuing my work on writing simple, practical sailing guides about safety and seamanship.

The new page is about preparing the boat and crew before heavy weather arrives. It covers things like reefing early, preparing for night sailing, jacklines, loose gear, food and water, engine readiness, drogues/sea anchors, checking gear after hard weather, and documenting weak points for next time.

It is not written as an expert authority. It is meant as a practical guide from one sailor to other sailors, and I would very much like feedback from people with offshore or heavy-weather experience.

What is wrong?
What is missing?
What should be explained better or more simply?

Link:
https://sailingksf.com/?page=heavy-weather-readiness-guide

This also connects a little to my SailingKSF project, but the page itself is mainly seamanship-first: prepare early, keep control margin, and make the boat easier to manage before conditions become difficult.

Stay safe
Knut

#17

Bavaria Yacht Help! / Re: fual tank grommets

Last post by Heinsius - July 04 2026, 12:14

I don,t have your photo!

#18

Announcements / Forum upgrade

Last post by MagicalArmchair - July 03 2026, 20:48

Good evening all,

The forum is so popular, it was buffering on the hosts usage limits so I have given it some extra power to try and prevent future errors.

It looks pretty good now post upgrade - let me know if you have any challenges.

Safe sailing all.

#19

Bavaria Yacht Help! / Re: Bavaria 42 - 2001. Selden ...

Last post by Yngmar - July 02 2026, 23:43

Sideways movement means the chainplates move left/right on the deck when load cycling, not up/down. The tie rod under deck prevents vertical movement only, not horizontal. That is absorbed by the bolt holes through the deck, which could be elongated.

We also had a crack in one of the bolts (head) tying the inner and outer chainplate fittings together, although I noticed and replaced before anything failed. My own inspection was after meeting another 40 Ocean owner who had dismasted in Turkey after one of his chainplates failed.

Where are the failed strands in regards to the orientation of the swage when it was installed on the mast? Inside/outside or forward/aft? Can't tell from the photos.

#20

Bavaria Yacht Help! / Re: Bavaria 42 - 2001. Selden ...

Last post by Happysailor - July 02 2026, 10:11

Can it be the steel wire is torqued? Obviously the connection will degrade at the edge of the hydraulically pressed connector. Besides the relation of tensioning of V1 and D1, if I am right V1 needs to take more load than D1, this is the option I can think of for this failure if all else is correct.

So improper unwound when making attaching, or twisted when fastening. If the load gets on the wire, the torquing of the wire potentially makes a break at this point.. just my thoughts (being an not a rigging expert..)