Description

An excellent example of the popular Bavaria 33 Cruiser. Recent Hyde furling genoa and fully battened mainsail for even better sailing performance and easier sail handling. 28HP Volvo diesel, fully refurbished in 2024, driving a Brunton's autoprop - quiet, efficient and effective. Sail drive gaiter replaced. All antifouling removed in 2024, hull prepared for 6 coats of VC tar epoxy and then anitfouled with Micron 350. Iron keel encased in West system epoxy to eliminate any keel rusting in future. Raymarine C70 Chartplotter, log and echosounder, Windspeed and direction, Raymarine ST6002 with integra drive unit. Electric Windlass (new 2026). New Toilet seacocks (2024&2026). 6 Berths. Saloon table modified to have two drop leafs. 2 burner cooker with oven. Cool box with refrigeration unit. Eberspacher hot air heater.
For viewing please contact the owner to make arrangements.

Use since 2020 very limited, and ashore 2025. A much loved boat, carefully maintained, in this ownership for 18 years, very reluctantly for sale!

Specifications

Accommodation

Accommodation
The Bavaria 33 offers spacious accommodation with a generous sized saloon, double aft cabin and fore cabin. Sleeps six across two cabins and the saloon settees. Light interior finished with blue upholstery creating a comfortable light atmosphere on board.

Saloon:
Two settee benches with return on the port side - batteries stored beneath and plenty of extra good storage below.
Large saloon table (foldable drop leaf on both sides)
Deck hatch
Four opening side windows
Two fixed hull windows
Plenty of storage lockers to the port and starboard


Fore Cabin:
Double V-berth
Hanging lockers to port and starboard
Under Deck Storage Lockers
Deck hatch

Galley:
L-Shaped Galley
Gimballed Cooker - Twin burner with oven
Top loading fridge DC
Stainless steel sink with mixer tap (hot and cold water)
Storage Lockers

Chart Table:
Large lifting chart table
Chart table seat with stowage beneath


Aft Cabin:
Double cabin
Hanging locker to port side
Window on the port side and small porthole to the starboard looking into cockpit

Heads:
Generous sized heads compartment with easy care surfaces
Jabsco marine toilet
Sink with hot and cold water
Shower pull out from tap
Mirror and vanity unit

Construction

GRP Hull, with sandwich deck and superstructure in white
Moulded non slip finish to decks
Alloy toe rail
Stainless steel stanchions with guard wire
Side rail openings on both sides
Iron keel

In 2024, by an experienced professional - all old antifouling was stripped off, the hull fully prepared and 6 coats of VC Tar epoxy applied. The iron keel was wrapped with West system cloth and epoxy to eliminate any future rusting. Then all antifouled using Micron 350 antifouling – the best to avoid future build-up of antifouling. This racing standard underwater hull finish results in optimised hull speed.

Equipment

Electrical:
2X 12V Batteries (Domestic and engine)
240V Shore power
Electric windlass (New 2026) with control in anchor well
Cabin lights
240V sockets throughout
12V DC Socket at switchboard
Radio and CD player
2 X USB charge point
Eberspacher air forced heating with 2 outlets (saloon, aft cabin)
Shore power connecting cable

Sundry:
60m x galvanised 8mm anchor chain
15Kg Rocna Anchor (superb holding)
15Kg CQR originally supplied
4 X Large Fenders
Dock lines

Navigation Equipment

Raymarine VHF - Ray54E
Raymarine Windspeed and Direction - ST60
Raymarine Log and Depth (linked to Windspeed) - ST60 Tridata
Raymarine C70 chart plotter with card reader
Raymarine Autopilot - ST6002 with integra drive unit.
Plastimo compass
Brass Clock and Barometer

Engine(s)

Volvo Penta D1-30 diesel (28hp)
Dual circuit cooling and sea water filter
Volvo Penta sail drive
3 Bladed autoprop – feathering and pitch self-adjusting
Ambassador rope stripper 2 blade
Engine hours approx. 2000
Spares box includes standard 2 bladed propellor, new sail drive and prop anodes and fuel and oil filters.

Recent Maintenance and comments -
Professional Service carried out every year since 2008
Starter solenoid replaced 2021
Exhaust bend, heat exchanger and manifold replaced 2024
Alternator overhauled 2024
Engine serviced incl oil and filter change - 2024
Diesel filters replaced - 2024
Sail drive seal replaced - 2024
Toilet outlet seacock replaced with composite Tru design - 2026
Sail drive anode - replaced 2024. Propellor anode replaced 2026
Additional Racor in-line fuel filter

The combination of 28hp engine and autoprop gives lots of power for heavy weather and lower revs (less noise and wear) in light weather. Autoprop also eliminates prop walk when maneuvering. The 28hp engine is a very significant improvement from the manufacturer’s basic specification 20hp engine, and the autoprop is a further significant improvement for motoring, sailing and motor-sailing. A new autoprop is estimated to cost approx. £3,500.

Fuel usage averages 2 to 2.5 litres per hour.

Sails & Spars

Rigging:
Stainless steel standing rigging
Selden aluminium mast and boom
Rod kicker
Twin spreaders
Single line 1st& 2nd reefing
Furlex 200s roller reef genoa
Spinnaker halyard
Lazy jack system stack pack
All lines lead aft to cockpit
2X Lewmar ST 16 winches
2X Lewmar ST30 Genoa winches
2X Winch handles
Sprayhood

Sails:
Hyde Mainsail 2022 - Cross Cut 7.77 Marblehead LA cloth white Dacron
Fully battened with roller bearing batten cars

Hyde Furling genoa (2019) - Cross cut construction in 8.03oz High Modulus Low Aspect woven polyester including foam luff strips (for improved shape when partially rolled) and camber stripes.

These sails are higher specification than the standard Elvstrom originally supplied. The improved material specification should provide better shape holding and life. The fully battened main allows to main to drop into the boom sail enclosure without someone having to go on deck to haul it down.

Safety Equipment

Safety lines
Horseshoe buoy
Electric bilge pump
Manual bilge pump
Navigational lights (forward port and starboard replaced 2019)
Emergency tiller
Seago 4 Person Liferaft - New 2012. Last service due 2024, not carried out, but stored dry.
Stainless cradle for above, pushpit mounted.
EPIRB

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