Bavaria Cruiser 30 Sailboats for Sale

Layouts on the Used Market

The 30 Cruiser's interior centers on double berths fore and aft with headroom near 6 feet almost throughout and a conventional peninsular galley to port opposite a nav desk. A foldout table sits between the settees, and the heads is exceptionally roomy for a 31-foot boat, complete with holding tank and a decent chart table. Cockpits are a decent size though much of the space is taken by the helm console and table, with the helm right aft and self-tailing Lewmar 30s on the aft coamings within easy reach of the wheel. Bavaria offered deep and shallow fins as well as a tandem keel; the tandem draws 4ft 6in against the fin's 6ft 5in, with the rudder the same depth whichever is under her.

Equipment and Common Upgrades

Autopilots, chartplotters, heating, and a cockpit shower are commonly fitted, while hot water, a furling main, teak decks, a bimini, and a life raft are often seen. Less common but encountered as owner upgrades are a swim platform, electric winches, radar, a bow thruster, and short-handed setups. The tested boat carried a roller-furling genoa and a Seldén in-mast furling main trimmed on a cabin-top winch, and a full-batten in-mast furling main with standard rig was also available; primary Lewmar 30 winches were handy to the helm from the factory.

What to Inspect

Owners' online research has shown that part of the moulding in the anchor well is changed during construction if a windlass is fitted, so verify whether a windlass is a factory option or a later cut-in. The interior joinery units are bonded directly to the hull, so check for any movement or delamination at those bonds rather than assuming floating liners. The tandem keel carries a bulb beneath its two foil sections and the rudder is the same depth across keel types, so confirm the actual keel fitted and inspect the bulb and foil roots accordingly. The boat is known to be slightly stern-heavy and carries a fixed two-bladed prop, neither a defect but both worth noting under way.

Availability and Buyer's Takeaway

The Bavaria Cruiser 30 typically appears on the used market in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Denmark, and France. For a buyer, the short checklist is: confirm keel type and draft, verify factory versus owner-fitted windlass via the anchor-well moulding, inspect bonded joinery for bond integrity, and sail her to feel the slight starboard prop walk and stern-heavy trim. She remains a practical, well-finished small cruiser where the spec sheet understates the sailing.