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Bavaria 42

The Bavaria 42 bluewater cruiser has a solid reputation as a comfortable and capable family cruiser. A large cockpit provides comfortable day sailing for crews of up to 8. At the helm, excellent visibility aids in ease of handling, while a dodger helps protect crew from the elements.

Designed to feel open and airy, the interior layout with inline galley and midship bench is well-thought out for entertaining and elbow room. Her high freeboards provide ample headroom for taller sailors below deck. Three cabins and a comfortable settee in the salon provide comfort for 6 to 7 crew to sleep aboard overnight.

Additional Info

Boat Specs:

LOA: 42'
Beam: 13.1'
Draft: 7.5'
Displacement: 20,282 lbs

Equipment & Instruments:

Traditional mainsail with stack pack & lazy jacks
Roller-furling jib
Diesel inboard engine
Dodger
Electronic navigation / chart plotter (Axiom) with updated charts
Autopilot
Electric winch
30 lb plow anchor
Mixed rode (nylon, chain)

Liveaboard Features:

Oven/Stove
900W Microwave
Refrigerator
Diesel cabin heater
Shower
3 cabins
USB A and USB C ports

Rates

Summer Rates (Daylight Savings Time)	Weekday	Weekend
Full Day	$635	$745
Sunset	$445
Winter Rates (Standard Time)
Full Day	$555	$650

Summer Rates take effect the first Monday of Daylight Savings. Winter Rates take effect the first Monday after Daylight Savings ends.

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Trudy Flores

Captain Jeff Cathers is really cool. I had such a great time on the Farallones Day Trip. It was actually my very best day of 2020. Thank you so much for coordinating the trip.
Steve Hood, Basic Coastal Cruising

I would definitely recommend Modern Sailing to anyone who is interested in learning to sail the right way.
John Kipping

The meeting room was quite adequate and the location most convenient, but the course outline and instruction were outstanding. Modern Sailing is fortunate to have such a well organized instructor in Mr. Stan Lander who teaches very well from a rich professional background. Mr. Lander was generous with his time and patiently in helping students who needed more attention or time in understanding various aspects of the curriculum.
John Clark

Every aspect of Modern Sailing - training, syllabus, course materials, quality of the boats, quality of the instructors, and the very friendly and helpful staff - exceeded my expectations. Modern Sailing has a first class sailing program in an environment with challenging winds and currents. I look forward to coming back to charter a boat and certainly plan to continue my sailing training.
Salesforce (Ashley H.)

Our team at Salesforce did the Corporate Regatta Team Building activity (August 2026). What a blast!! HIghly recommend for your next team activity. It's fun to be out on the water, but the skippers also did a great job of teaching us all the sailing basics. The race is set up well so that we all had a chance to try out different roles. We did it with 11 people across two boats but having more boats is also doable and would lead to even more competition.

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