Bavaria 350 Buyer's Guide
The Bavaria 350 is a 35-foot Mohnhaupt-designed cruiser from Bavaria Yachtbau, introduced in 1991 and built as both owner and charter versions. For a shopper looking at used Bavaria 350s, she presents as a value-entry coastal cruiser with a roomy interior and a powerful rig, but the specifics of any individual hull depend on which version and upgrade path it followed.
Layouts on the Used Market
Owner three-cabin layouts are the more common on the used market, but both owner and charter layouts are available, and ex-charter examples are common. The charter heritage matters: a former fleet boat will likely show higher cycle counts on systems and more wear in the saloon and heads, while an owner-version three-cabin boat tends to reflect more personalized care. The Sportline variant, with its simplified inventory and lower specification, also appears and should be priced and assessed as a leaner boat.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Well-equipped used 350s commonly carry a bimini, heating, inverter, hot water, swim platform, autopilot, chartplotter, and life raft as standard-fitted gear. Often-seen additions include solar, an asymmetric spinnaker, teak decks, cockpit shower, and radar. Less common but found as owner upgrades are watermakers, lithium batteries, wind generators, furling main, bow thruster, dinghy davits, AIS, and EPIRB. For a buyer, the meaningful clusters are power and energy — inverter, heating, solar, lithium, wind generator — which determine how long you can sit at anchor without running the Volvo Penta diesel; and navigation and safety — autopilot, chartplotter, radar, life raft, AIS, EPIRB — which speak to how the boat was actually used. Canvas and sail-handling upgrades like the asymmetric spinnaker and furling main change the short-handed sailing profile.
What to Inspect
The 350's solid fiberglass hull and deck avoid cored-structure rot, but the iron keel deserves attention: iron keels on these boats are prone to surface corrosion and osmotic blistering at the hull-keel joint, so inspect the keel-to-hull seam for rust staining or softness and sound the iron with a hammer for delamination keel is made of iron. The overrigged masthead rig means standing and running rigging carried real loads; check the 99.5-foot halyards and 88.2-foot mainsheet for UV damage and internal wear at sheaves, and confirm the chainplates are dry and bedded. Because the sleeping cabins were built small, look carefully at the sole and berth supports for undocumented owner modifications that may have compromised structure.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These boats are typically found in the Netherlands, Italy, Greece, Spain, Croatia, and the United Kingdom.
- Confirm whether the hull is owner, charter, or Sportline version
- Inspect the iron keel joint for rust and sound for delamination
- Check halyards and mainsheet for UV and sheave wear
- Verify chainplate bedding is dry
- Test the inverter, heating, and solar under load
- Confirm life raft and EPIRB certification dates
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Bavaria 350. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 9 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25 | 1 | $54,320 | — |
| Sep 25 | 1 | $57,112 | +5.1% |
| Feb 26 | 1 | $33,925 | -40.6% |
| Mar 26 | 1 | $57,695 | +70.1% |
| Apr 26 | 2 | $50,767 | -12.0% |
| May 26 | 2 | $52,157 | +2.7% |
| Jun 26 | 2 | $50,702 | -2.8% |
| Jul 26 | 3 | $68,768 | +35.6% |
| Aug 26 | 1 | $57,830 | -15.9% |
Where they're listed
Bavaria 350 listings appear across 6 countries. Netherlands has the most listings with 5 (38.5%), followed by Greece and Italy.
Country view
13 listings · 6 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | $55,364 | 5 | 4 | 38.5% |
| Greece | $48,949 | 3 | 0 | 23.1% |
| Italy | $56,886 | 2 | 0 | 15.4% |
| Switzerland | $74,278 | 1 | 1 | 7.7% |
| Spain | $68,768 | 1 | 1 | 7.7% |
| Croatia | $45,457 | 1 | 0 | 7.7% |
Comparable models
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catalina 350 | 35.42' | $ 98,750 | 146 | 33 |
| Bavaria Yachts Cruiser 30 | 31.08' | $ 55,947 | 127 | 35 |
| Bavaria Yachts 36 | 37.89' | $ 69,513 | 119 | 27 |
| Bavaria Yachts 34 | 35.6' | $ 58,220 | 69 | 10 |
| Bavaria Yachts 37 | 37.89' | $ 75,761 | 57 | 19 |
| Island Packet 350 | 34.67' | $ 117,000 | 38 | 5 |
| Beneteau Oceanis 350 | 33.83' | $ 34,384 | 35 | 8 |
| Bavaria 300 | 31.33' | $ 35,258 | 34 | 10 |
| Hanse 350 | 34.74' | $ 81,514 | 29 | 5 |
| Dufour Classic 30 | 30' | $ 35,812 | 28 | 9 |
| Bavaria Yachts 350You are here | — | $ 55,364 | 13 | 6 |