Bavaria 42C

Discover this low hours Bavaria42Cruiser, built in 2005 and always flagged in the UK with EU VAT paid when it was first purchased. Now offered at a competitive price (reduced from 110,000), this spacious blue-water cruiser blends reliable German engineering with comfortable design ideal for family cruising, coastal passagemaking, or liveaboard plans.

At nearly 13m LOA with a generous 3.99m beam and approximately 360L of fresh water capacity, the Bavaria42Cruiser is built for comfort and endurance.

Powered by a VolvoPenta D255 saildrive diesel engine (55hp), this boat is efficient under power.

Below decks, you'll find three double cabins and two heads offering ideal privacy and flexibility. The galley is well-equipped with a gas stove, oven, grill, fridge, sink and a microwave, along with hotwater systems and 220V shore power.

The deck and rig are set up for safe and efficient sailing: furling mainsail and genoa, Rigid aluminium spars, folding propeller, electric windlass, teak cockpit, aft shower, bathing ladder, davits and cockpit suncovering (bimini and sprayhood).

Electronics include depth sounder/log, wind instruments, autopilot, GPS/plotter, radar, VHF radio and a charttable.

With a CE design category A (unlimited offshore), this Bavaria42 Cruiser is built to sail with confidence, whether in relaxed coastal cruising or more demanding passages.

Owned by an engineer, the service history is reassuring, with new batteries fitted in 2022, and standard safety gear onboard including electric bilge pump, fire extinguishers, life jackets, flares and gas detection.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Hull & Deck

Material: Handlaid fibreglass/polyester

Deck: nonskid polyester with teak cockpit sole

Keel: 2 Meter

Engine & Propulsion

Engine: VolvoPenta D255 (55hp), saildrive with Ambassador ropecutter and folding propeller

Steering: Twin wheel helm; emergency tiller; Jefa linkage system

Sails & Rigging

In mast roller furling / reefing main sail and roller furling genoa, both in good condition with new sacrificial strips in 2001

Mast/boom: Aluminium

In mast mainsail furling / reefing

Gas rod Kicker

Flag halyards port and starboard

Winches: 2 cabin selftailing working winches + 2 genoa winches; some electric

Lines led aft to cockpit, 4 cleats, sprayhood, bimini top

Accommodation

Cabins: Three doubles (six berths), plus convertible saloon seating for two

Heads: Two marine toilets with showers. (Day head has electric operated head, macerator, holding tank and pumpout)

Solar charger and 180w Solar cell installed

Deck Equipment & Amenities

Electric windlass with anchor roller & locker

Galvanised plough anchor, 50m chain

Spring midship cleats

Teak bathing platform with stainless ladder, aft shower (hot & cold)

Cockpit table and seating with cushions

Davits for dinghy + outboard mounting bracket

Extendable gangway/plank

Sprayhood with grab handles

Adjustable jack stays

Cockpit harness points

Safety Gear

Life jackets, flares, life ring, fire extinguishers, gas detector

Manual and electric bilge pumps

Liferaft now out of service and not included in sale

Disclaimer
Nicolle Associates offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

This vessel is EU VAT paid.
As always photographs do not do justice so a viewing is highly recommended.
This boat is lying in San Javier, Murcia, Spain, 30380.
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