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Bavaria 38

$81,088 Listed price: £60,000

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Nicolle Associates - Hamble Office

Saltmakers House, Hamble Point Marina
School Lane, Hamble
Southampton, SO31 4NB
United Kingdom
+44 (0)23 8115 7013

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Make Bavaria
Model 38
Year 2003
Condition Used
Price £60,000
Type Sail
Class Cruiser (Sail)
Length 39 ft
Fuel Type Diesel
Hull Material Fiberglass
Location Pwllheli, Gwynedd, United Kingdom
Tax Status Tax Paid
LOA 40 ft 4 in
Length at Water Line 33 ft 8 in
Beam 12 ft 8 in
Min. Draft 5 ft 7 in
Keel Type Fin
Ballast 4630 lb
Dry Weight 15400 lb
Engine Type Inboard
Engine Make Volvo
Engine Model MD2030
Fuel Type Diesel
Power 29 hp
Drive Type Sail Drive
Engine Location enums.engine-location.center
Propeller Type 3 Blade
Propeller Material alloy
Engine usage (hours) 1260
Designer J&J Design
Builder Bavaria Yachtbau Gmbh
Guest Cabins 3
Guest Heads 1
Max Passengers 8
Fuel Tanks 33 gal (UK)
Fresh Water Tanks 66 gal (UK)
Hull Shape Monohull
Windlass Electric Windlass
Hull Warranty None

Description

Price reduced October 2025 

Video available on request

A well-equipped example of the Bavaria 38 Cruiser, designed by J&J Yachts. Offering comfort, reliability, and excellent sailing performance, this yacht is ideal for cruising and extended liveaboard adventures.

This 2003 Bavaria 38 Cruiser features a versatile three-cabin layout which is ideal for extended family cruising or welcoming guests aboard. Notable features include a recent fully battened mainsail, diesel cabin heating, and the solid, practical design Bavaria is renowned for.

Key Refit & Upgrade Highlights (2023–2024)

  • Major overhaul: keel, rudder and mast removed for inspection & works

  • Fresh hardware: new bronze skin fittings, sanitation hose, and bronze engine inlet seacock

  • New standing rigging

  • Full rudder refurbishment

  • Sails serviced: mainsail and genoa laundered, new UV strip fitted to genoa

  • Canvas upgrades: stack pack reproofed with new zip

  • Practical updates: reinforced locker lid stringers, new gas hose with valid certificate, new transom shower head

  • Underwater profile restored: hull, keel & rudder professionally sandblasted back to bare substrate, then treated with two coats each of epoxy primer, undercoat, and finished with Tiger Xtra antifoul.

A recent condition survey is available, and the yacht is offered with supporting invoices for works carried out. Well maintained, she represents excellent value and is priced realistically to reflect her age and some minor cosmetic updates. Whether you're looking for a capable coastal cruiser or a comfortable boat for longer passages, this Bavaria 38 Cruiser is a compelling option.

Four owners from new she most recently changed hands in 2015 and 2023.

Key Features

  • Spacious 3-cabin layout with U-shaped saloon

  • Webasto diesel heating system

  • Fully battened recent mainsail 

  • Elvstrom furling genoa with new UV strip

  • Selden rig with Furlex 200S furling system

  • Electric windlass with 16kg Delta anchor

  • Extensive refit, copy invoices available on request



Navigation & Electronics

  • Raymarine ST60 Wind, Depth, Log-Speed (Tridata)

  • Plastimo Horizon 135 Compass

  • Raymarine ST6001 linear drive Autopilot

  • Raymarine RC530 Chartplotter at chart table

  • Raymarine C95 Chartplotter (New 2017)

  • Raymarine Quantum Radome Radar (New 2017)

  • Navigation lights

  • Horn

Accommodation

  • Forward Cabin: V-berth double with storage

  • Saloon: U-shaped settee to starboard, central table with folding leaves and bench seat

  • Aft Cabins: Two symmetrical double berths with lockers

  • Heads: Jabsco sea toilet with holding tank, hand basin and shower

  • Mahogany cabinetry, blue upholstery, and teak/holly effect sole

  • Webasto diesel warm air heating

  • Refrigerator

  • CD/DVD player

  • Plenty of storage

Rigging & Sails

  • Rig Type: Masthead sloop

  • Spars: Selden aluminium deck-stepped mast with sweptback spreaders

  • Selden mast & boom

  • Gas rod kicker

  • Furlex headsail reefing gear

  • Mainsail traveller

  • Lazy jacks & lazy bag

  • Mainsail cover

  • All running rigging led aft to cockpit via rope clutches

  • Standing Rigging: Stainless steel wire (new)

  • Elvström fully battened mainsail with three reefs (new, with original also available)

  • Elvström furling genoa (New UV strip)

On Deck

  • Stainless steel pushpit/pulpit and stanchions with guardwires

  • Wide side decks with teak in cockpit

  • 2 x Harken 44 two-speed self-tailing genoa winches

  • 2 x Harken two-speed self-tailing halyard winches

  • Electric windlass: Lofrans Cayman 88

  • 16kg Delta anchor with 50m chain 

  • Fortress FX16 kedge anchor with warp

  • Steering pedestal with stainless steel wheel

  • Emergency tiller

Mechanical & Systems

  • Engine: Volvo Penta MD2030, 29hp

  • Drive: Saildrive with 3-blade alloy prop & rope cutter

  • Saildrive seal replaced in 2020 (next due January 2027)

  • Various engine spares onboard

  • Fuel Tank: Stainless steel, approx. 150L

  • Steering: Chain and wire to quadrant

  • Rudder: GRP spade rudder 

Electrical System

  • Shore power inlet and system with cabin sockets

  • Windlass

  • Battery installation with isolators

  • Battery charger

  • Engine alternator

  • 2 x engine batteries, 1 x domestic battery

  • Solara solar panel

  • SilentWind Blue Blade wind turbine (top-spec gear for 12V off-grid cruising)

Plumbing

  • 12v bilge pump + manual cockpit pump

  • Shower pump 

  • Plastimo water tank and plumbing

  • Hot water via calorifier and immersion heater

  • Pressurised hot and cold water system

General Inventory

  • Cockpit Enclosure

  • Sprayhood

  • Stack-pack sail cover

  • Dodgers

  • Teak-laid Cockpit

  • Cockpit Table

  • Cockpit Shower

  • Swim Ladder

  • Tender Davits

  • Transom Shower

  • Outboard Engine Bracket

  • Boathook, Fenders & Warps

  • Cutlery, Crockery, Utensils

  • Clock & Barometer

Safety Equipment

  • Liferaft: Seago Offshore G-4 (valise) – overdue service / replacement

  • EPIRB: Accusat GME MT603G 406Mhz GPS EPIRB (Battery replacement due May 2028)

  • Emergency tiller included

  • Lifebuoy

  • OSCAR floating rescue line

  • Gas detector

  • Fire blanket

  • Flares

Tender and Outboard

Complete with nearly new Tender and Outboard

Waveline XT 250SAXT 3 Person / 450kg Tender (New March 2022)
Tohatsu MFS 3.5C Short Shaft 4-Stroke Outboard (New January 2022)


Disclaimer

Nicolle Associates offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

  • This vessel is UK VAT paid.
  • As always photographs do not do justice so a viewing is highly recommended.
  • This boat is lying in Pwlhelli, Wales.
  • © 2025 Nicolle Associates

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Presented For Sale By:

Nicolle Associates - Hamble Office

Saltmakers House, Hamble Point Marina
School Lane, Hamble
Southampton, SO31 4NB
United Kingdom
+44 (0)23 8115 7013

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United Kingdom
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