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Turgay Yetis - 5 years ago

Bavaria r40

JD Mogol - 5 years ago

For 300k new, great boat and very cool.

Piranhabites - 5 years ago

This boat isn’t anymore available from Bavaria. They took it out of program. Why? This boat is more a houseboat than a motor yacht. It’s too slow an if u are facing small waves it’s horrible to navigate. Consumption is pretty good 4 knots with 4-7 litter per hour. The oars instruments are not up to date.

Sander Daniels - 7 years ago

I bought one and it is brilliant. I took it 700km crossing the channel and North Sea at 4MPG at 10 knots. Both coastal waters and rivers are natural habitat but as long as you are not in a hurry its class B rating allows for a radius of some 800km!

The lower aft helm position just works fine as stated in all tests; at no time did I experience a lack of visibility

The double aft cabin is really spacious, on par with the likes of the Princess 43 or Sealine C430; standing height is restricted to the front of the bed but for us this is a very quiet and private master. 2 toilets and 2 showers plus 2 underfloor massive storage rooms that can even fit bicycles are a big bonus

The flybridge is a bit exposed but the sub 4m height is fantastic for reaching inland cities

In short, at Eur 350,000 you will not find a boat with more room, flexibility and real world usability (imho)

Sander Daniels - 6 years ago

You can read the report on my 740km sea crossing along with some highs and lows of ownership in the March issue of Motorboat & Yachting

Pittwater Boating - 7 years ago

Sander Daniels Hi Sandler you should have looked at a Riviera 40 Flybridge fantastic boat

Hunter Wyatt - 7 years ago

Jesus 15 knots? You can't even outrun the sharks in this thing!

Stangelycoloured - 7 years ago

Would be quite a nice boat if they moved that lower helm to the front corner.

josmau12 - 7 years ago

i see one (2017) for sale @ 350k

morri03 - 7 years ago

Totally impractical. The slow speed is going to appeal to oldies and they won't be able to even board the thing. They'll trip on the door jams, be barely be able to climb the flybridge stairs and then won't even hear the bang as they mow down kayakers due to poor visibility from the aft helm because of the engine noise. The finally indignity is that the aft cabin isn't even the master! Aft cabin layouts force so many other compromises that the only reason to have one is if you get a kick ass full beam master out of it. Must be the worst thought out design we've seen for some time.