BAVARIA C50
SPECIFICATIONS
MAKE / MODEL Bavaria C50
PRICE FROM £348,299 inc VAT
DESIGNER Cossutti Yacht Design
BUILDER Bavaria
If any builder is determined to keep ahead of the trends in a rapidly changing market, it’s Bavaria. In the not-too-distant past, this German giant was associated with boats that were hardly the most inspiring to look at or to sail. They sold like hot cakes principally because they were roomy, remarkably inexpensive and aimed squarely at the mass market.
Then came the switch to Farr designs. Performance went up in leaps and bounds and the styling received some much-needed attention too.
Bavaria has now moved on from Farr’s Cruiser range by introducing the C models, designed by Cossutti Yacht Design. First came the C57 in 2017, and then the C45 and C50 last year.
It would be hard to think of a name with a higher profile or a more impressive pedigree in performance yacht design than Farr. At the same time, Bavaria seems to like to shake things up now and again and it’s not as though Cossutti is an unknown quantity. Good sailing performance remains near the top of the priority list with the C models, but many other factors are behind their introduction. Bavaria wanted to increase comfort, to provide more of the mod cons demanded by today’s buyers, to offer more choices with a whole range of mix-and-match interior layout options and, importantly, to build
