Shallow draft: 5.41’/1.65m
BAVARIA CRUISER 40S version is also available with a deeper keel, a performance rig, regatta fittings, carbon spinnaker pole, composite steering wheel and other options.
Evolution Non-BR
Discount Sails
Boater’s Closet Non-BR
Rigs: Fractional Sloop
Fractional Sloop
Also called CONWAY FIFE ONE DESIGN. (Not to be confused with the CONWAY ONE DESIGN.) Still raced at Royal Anglesey Yacht Club. Most of original 15 built at Bangor are still sailing. In recent years 22 G.R.P. boats have been added to the fleet.
The CONWAY ONE DESIGN was built specifically to race in the waters of Conway Bay. (Wales, UK) The first boat had a lifting keel or centreboard, but was changed to a fixed keel. 2 were built of moulded GRP in the late 1980’s. Most of the original boats are still sailing (2010).
Commissioned by Royal Corinthian Yacht Club (Burnham on Crouch,Essex) members as a boat suitable to the conditions on the River Crouch. A fleet of fourteen started racing in the spring of 1935. Still being raced into the 21st century. For more information see web site listed here. Dimensions are approximate.
Spinnaker introduced in the late 1950’s.
The Menai Strait One Design is sailed at Royal Anglesey Yacht Club and intended specifically for the waters of the Menai Strait in North Wales. It is built of mahogany on oak frames, has removable internal ballast, and a lifting centerboard. (Disp. is an estimate.)
16 boats were built between 1938 and 1952. Most are still sailing.
Sail Area:
-Main: 314 ft² / 29.17 m²
-Fore: 245 ft² / 22.76 m²
-150% Genoa: 380 ft² / 35.3²
Thanks to Malcolm Watson for providing information about this yacht.
Replaced with LAGOON 52.
Bruntons
Electric Yacht
