Bavaria Cruiser 39 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the used Bavaria Cruiser 39 means weighing a J&J Design cruiser built from 2005 onward as part of Bavaria Yachts' cruiser-focused range, a 39-foot monohull with a three-cabin interior and a fractional sloop rig carrying 890 square feet of working sail. The boat's 18,260-pound displacement and 6' 1" draft mark her as a volume coastal cruiser rather than a minimalist voyager, and the solid-laminate hull below the waterline with Airex coring above is the kind of structure that ages on its own terms if kept dry.
Layouts on the Used Market
Owner three-cabin layouts are the more common on the used market, but both are available, and ex-charter examples are common. The standard arrangement puts two cabins aft and one forward, with the forward master offering a large berth, a dressing seat, and a private head. An along-the-side saloon galley and a full-size nav table define the interior, alongside a roomy aft head. Buyers coming from island-galley boats will notice the linear galley is a function of the cabin count rather than a shortcoming, and the walk-through transom with a folding wheel remains the practical path forward.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Most boats on the brokerage circuit are commonly fitted with autopilot, bimini, chartplotter, cockpit shower, heating, furling main, teak decks, solar, inverter, and life raft, which together cover the basics for Mediterranean or northern-European cruising. Often-seen additions include bow thruster, hot water, and radar, useful for tight marinas and overcast navigating. Among less common owner upgrades, electric winches and an asymmetric spinnaker show up as buyer-consequence items worth checking: the spinnaker broadens light-air range, while electric winches ease short-handed sail handling. A wind generator or air conditioning appears only on some boats and should be evaluated as a specific upgrade rather than assumed.
What to Inspect
The known structural story centers on the hull: solid laminate below the waterline with an Airex-cored sandwich above, stiffened by glassed-in hat-section frames, and Kevlar reinforcement in the bow for impact resistance anchor. Inspect the cast-iron ballast keel attachment, where stainless-steel keelbolts are double-nutted and backed by washers, for any looseness or corrosion tracking. The Volvo Penta with saildrive deserves normal saildrive-seal scrutiny, and the bow area is where any collision history would most directly test the Kevlar layer.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
Typical markets for the model are Greece, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Netherlands, and United Kingdom. For a buyer, the short checklist is: confirm which layout and whether ex-charter; verify the keelbolt integrity and hull coring condition; check for a bow thruster and radar as often-seen conveniences; and treat electric winches or asymmetric spinnaker as the upgrade tier that signals a more invested owner.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Bavaria Cruiser 39. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 18 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25 | 1 | $73,882 | — |
| May 25 | 4 | $103,546 | +40.2% |
| Jun 25 | 1 | $95,151 | -8.1% |
| Aug 25 | 1 | $100,188 | +5.3% |
| Sep 25 | 19 | $95,151 | -5.0% |
| Oct 25 | 2 | $88,761 | -6.7% |
| Nov 25 | 3 | $95,151 | +7.2% |
| Dec 25 | 1 | $97,389 | +2.4% |
| Jan 26 | 5 | $108,181 | +11.1% |
| Feb 26 | 5 | $96,270 | -11.0% |
| Mar 26 | 10 | $95,151 | -1.2% |
| Apr 26 | 31 | $89,553 | -5.9% |
| May 26 | 10 | $103,266 | +15.3% |
| Jun 26 | 9 | $105,785 | +2.4% |
| Jul 26 | 10 | $93,299 | -11.8% |
| Aug 26 | 7 | $100,748 | +8.0% |
| Sep 26 | 14 | $99,628 | -1.1% |
| Oct 26 | 6 | $117,539 | +18.0% |
Where they're listed
Bavaria Cruiser 39 listings appear across 15 countries. Spain has the most listings with 22 (20.8%), followed by Italy and Greece.
Country view
106 listings · 15 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | $109,423 | 22 | 8 | 20.8% |
| Italy | $99,628 | 19 | 7 | 17.9% |
| Greece | $89,498 | 15 | 0 | 14.2% |
| Croatia | $87,315 | 9 | 0 | 8.5% |
| Netherlands | $95,151 | 9 | 3 | 8.5% |
| Denmark | $119,051 | 7 | 3 | 6.6% |
| United Kingdom | $92,674 | 7 | 4 | 6.6% |
| Australia | $89,805 | 3 | 1 | 2.8% |
| Germany | $95,151 | 3 | 2 | 2.8% |
| Ireland | $88,994 | 3 | 0 | 2.8% |
| Turkey | $97,389 | 3 | 1 | 2.8% |
| United States | $130,000 | 3 | 0 | 2.8% |
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