- Founded
- 1978
- Headquarters
- Giebelstadt, Germany
- Shipyard location
- Same as headquarters
- Official website
- https://www.bavariayachts.com
Brand Overview
German builder of sailing yachts and motorboats, founded 1978 and based at its shipyard in Giebelstadt near Würzburg.
Overview written frombavariayachts.com/we-are-bavaria/the-shipyard/read 9/7/2026
YachtCodex Analysis
AI-generatedAn independent reading of this builder written by AI. Unlike the specifications and descriptions elsewhere on this page, it is interpretation rather than a sourced fact — treat it as a starting point, not a citation.
What this builder is
Bavaria Yachts is a large-scale German production builder of sailing yachts and motorboats, known for high-volume serial manufacturing and strong price-performance rather than bespoke luxury. It sits in the mainstream/production segment of the sailing yacht market, competing with other high-volume European builders on value and standardized quality rather than performance extremes or custom design.
Who sails them
Typical Bavaria owners are cruising sailors and families seeking a capable, good-value monohull for coastal and offshore cruising in Europe and the Mediterranean; the boats are also popular in charter fleets due to their volume, reliability and manageable systems for moderately experienced crews.
Signature models
The Cruiser 34, 37 and 46 make up the value-oriented CRUISER LINE, while the C38, C42, C46, C50 and C57 form the newer C-LINE; the C46 is the volume mid-size model and the C57 the flagship. An eLINE variant of the C38, C42 and C46 offers electric or hybrid propulsion.
Strengths
Bavaria is widely credited with efficient serial production, strong price-performance ratio, and vertically integrated manufacturing (own carpentry, hull, deck and paint lines) that yields consistent build quality at scale.
Considerations
As a large-volume production builder, Bavaria's yachts prioritize price-performance and standardization over bespoke customization, and buyers should weigh mainstream production-boat build compromises against more premium, semi-custom competitors.
Analysis generated 9/7/2026
Part of
Also in the catalogue
Where they build
The building sites this yard publishes, in its own order.
Giebelstadt
Giebelstadt, Germany
Fleet at a Glance
Calculated from the models in the YachtCodex catalog, not from the builder's claims.
- Models in catalog
- 8
- Length range
- 9.99–16.67 m
- Hull forms
- Sailing Monohull 8
- Cabins
- 2–5
Models by this brand
8 models
BAVARIA C38
LOA: 11.31 m
BAVARIA C42
LOA: 12.4 m
BAVARIA C46
LOA: 14.5 m
BAVARIA C50
LOA: 15.43 m
BAVARIA C57
LOA: 16.67 m
BAVARIA Cruiser 34
LOA: 9.99 m
BAVARIA Cruiser 37
LOA: 11.3 m
BAVARIA Cruiser 46
LOA: 13.9 m
History
Until 1978 the site at Giebelstadt near Würzburg held a factory making PVC windows. Winfried Hermann, a sailor himself, saw in that factory and its workforce the makings of a yard, and founded it on a simple idea: build yachts industrially so they could be offered at prices that put a new boat within many more people's reach. The first motorboats followed in 2001 and succeeded as quickly as the sailing yachts had, on the same combination of quality and price. By 2010 the yard judged that buyers wanted more again -- not only speed and safety under sail but the fittings and finish of a modern holiday home -- and the yacht it builds today is a far more complex thing to make than one of 1978. Giebelstadt still builds every Bavaria from first laminate to final polish: 200,000 square metres holding four production lines of 125 metres each, two halls for hulls and decks, and a joinery where the whole interior is made, with about 700 people producing more than 600 sailing yachts and motorboats a year.
History written frombavariayachts.com/we-are-bavaria/the-shipyard/· The shipyardread 9/25/2026