Bavaria Cruiser 50 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the used Bavaria Cruiser 50 market means weighing a Farr-designed volume cruiser that was built from 2005 through 2015 against the realities of ex-charter wear and cored-structure care. The boat's three layout families and automated rig made it a popular large cruiser of its era, and the used fleet reflects that history rather than any single owner profile.
Layouts on the Used Market
Charter four-cabin layouts are the more common on the used market, but both are available; ex-charter examples are common. The builder offered three layout choices: three double cabins with three heads and showers, three double cabins plus one Pullman cabin with three heads and showers, and four double cabins with four heads and showers. In the four-cabin version the large forward owner's space is converted to two double cabins, while in one three-cabin arrangement the forward office becomes a Pullman berth. Aft, mirror-image double quarter cabins each have their own head, though in one documented layout the starboard head has a shower stall and the port head does not. The galley is drawn-out with a lot of counter space to port, and the dinette to starboard is big.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
On the used fleet, chartplotter, bimini, autopilot, furling main, cockpit shower, solar, inverter, and life raft are commonly fitted. Often-seen additions include bow thruster, dodger, AIS, teak decks, lithium batteries, and radar. Less commonly seen are watermaker, heating, electric winches, hot water, dinghy davits, air conditioning, and swim platform — the last of which the original boat documented as an electric-powered fold-down transom and swim platform, so its absence used is an owner-choice gap rather than a factory miss. The tested boat carried electric winches on the cockpit coamings and an optional Gori propeller, but these sit below the commonly-fitted tier in prevalence.
What to Inspect
Documented structure centers on the cored deck and above-waterline hull. The deck is Airex cored with integral aluminum plates in the laminate where hardware is mounted cored deck construction, so probe around every loaded fitting for softness or discoloration. The hull layup is gelcoat and a layer of vinylester resin outboard, then solid hand-laid polyester and glass below the waterline and a glass-and-Airex foam sandwich above hull layup details; grounding or collision damage above the waterline therefore differs in repair from the solid glass below. Confirm the water-tight bulkhead forward is intact just aft of the deep chain locker in the bow, and verify the transom door and electric-powered fold-down swim platform operate, since these define cockpit access and flooding-path closure.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
The typical markets are Croatia, Greece, Italy, Spain, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), and the Dominican Republic. For a buyer, the short list is: confirm the layout matches intended use (four-cabin ex-charter versus three-cabin owner); test the cored deck and above-waterline hull sandwich for moisture at hardware mounts; verify the forward water-tight bulkhead and chain locker; exercise the transom door and fold-down platform; and check which of the commonly fitted versus often-seen systems are present versus owner-upgraded.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Bavaria Cruiser 50. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 13 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25 | 1 | $ 128,161 | — |
| Aug 25 | 1 | $ 159,057 | +24.1% |
| Sep 25 | 7 | $ 159,629 | +0.4% |
| Oct 25 | 4 | $ 108,708 | -31.9% |
| Nov 25 | 8 | $ 94,500 | -13.1% |
| Dec 25 | 2 | $ 156,769 | +65.9% |
| Jan 26 | 7 | $ 172,945 | +10.3% |
| Feb 26 | 5 | $ 159,057 | -8.0% |
| Mar 26 | 2 | $ 158,834 | -0.1% |
| Apr 26 | 24 | $ 113,800 | -28.4% |
| May 26 | 3 | $ 213,530 | +87.6% |
| Jun 26 | 2 | $ 130,965 | -38.7% |
| Jul 26 | 1 | $ 148,759 | +13.6% |
Where they're listed
Bavaria Cruiser 50 listings appear across 15 countries. Croatia has the most listings with 13 (20.3%), followed by Italy and Greece.
Country view
64 listings · 15 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | $ 159,057 | 13 | 3 | 20.3% |
| Italy | $ 141,893 | 12 | 1 | 18.8% |
| Greece | $ 110,997 | 11 | 1 | 17.2% |
| Spain | $ 158,834 | 8 | 0 | 12.5% |
| Sint Maarten | $ 89,000 | 5 | 1 | 7.8% |
| Australia | $ 216,921 | 3 | 0 | 4.7% |
| Dominican Republic | $ 100,000 | 3 | 0 | 4.7% |
| France | $ 137,148 | 2 | 0 | 3.1% |
| Denmark | $ 213,530 | 1 | 1 | 1.6% |
| Guatemala | $ 185,000 | 1 | 0 | 1.6% |
| Netherlands | $ 165,923 | 1 | 0 | 1.6% |
| Panama | $ 125,873 | 1 | 0 | 1.6% |
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