Bavaria 36 for sale in Burnham Yacht Harbour, CM0 8BL United Kingdom

Bavaria 36 Overview

The Bavaria 36 provides class-leading accommodation with a spacious forward cabin and ample storage. 'Jal Amande' is the preferred owner's version featuring two double sleeping cabins, a roomy saloon, an aft galley, and extensive storage. She is equipped with a larger engine and an in-mast furling mainsail for easy sail handling. 'Jal Amande' comes well-equipped with heating, radar, an AIS receiver, a cockpit enclosure, and a feathering propeller. The current owner is selling due to a change in circumstances, and the boat is ready to sail, including RYA books, binoculars, crockery, and cutlery. The asking price is set for a quick sale. The berth at Burnham Yacht Harbour is available until 31st March 2025. A survey from September 2024 is available for interested parties.

Viewing is by appointment only through our Essex office or via email - essex@clarkeandcarter.co.uk

Accommodation

The Bavaria 36 Owner's Version layout accommodates up to six berths with two double sleeping cabins and approximately 6'4" max. headroom.

• Forward Cabin: Spacious cabin with a large double V berth, excellent storage in lockers and cupboards, a seat, mirror, adjustable lighting, an opening hatch to the foredeck, and two large opening skylights.
• Saloon: Features settee berths on either side of a central table with folding leaves and storage. Natural light and ventilation from four large opening side windows and a central hatch. Includes a 240v Logik 22" TV with built-in DVD player mounted on the saloon bulkhead with a mast-mounted aerial.
• Galley: L-shaped galley aft to port equipped with a two-burner gas hob, twin stainless steel sinks (with covers), a large top-opening fridge, and generous storage in drawers and cupboards.
• Navigation Station: Forward-facing chart table to starboard with navigation instruments, electrical distribution panel, heater controls, Sony stereo CD/radio, and storage.
• Aft Cabin: Aft cabin to port with a double berth, hanging locker, cupboard, shelf, two opening portlights, and adjustable lighting.
• Heads: Large separate compartment aft to starboard with a Jabsco marine toilet with holding tank (overhauled 2019), shower seat, washbasin, pull-out shower, wet hanging locker, large opening portlight, and additional storage.

General Equipment: Pressurized hot and cold water system via a calorifier with immersion coil. Eberspacher diesel-fired warm air heating system to all cabins. 50L holding tank. Excellent ventilation from numerous opening hatches and portlights. All deck hatches reglazed 2022/23. Teak and holly soleboards with yellow cloth upholstery and matching curtains. Throws, cushions, and blankets included. Crockery and cutlery.

Mechanical Systems

Located beneath the companionway, the Volvo Penta MD2030 is a three-cylinder, 29hp marine diesel engine. Freshwater cooled via heat exchanger. Exhaust water lock replaced 2024. Single lever controls with electric start. Plastic 150 litre fuel tank. Volvo Penta saildrive (diaphragm changed 2017) with Ambassador rope cutter to a feathering three-bladed Kiwi-prop propeller. Sea-fire automatic fire extinguisher in the engine space.

The engine is in excellent cosmetic condition, last serviced in March 2024, and has been lightly used since, with 238 engine hours as of January 2025.

Electrical Systems

3 x 12v batteries (2 x 180ah heavy-duty domestic and 90ah engine start, all new 2022) charged via engine alternator with Sterling charge regulator. Shorepower system with ring mains, automatic battery charger, and immersion coil for water heating. Victron battery management system. Electrical distribution panel. Full cabin lighting. Mast-mounted TV aerial.

Spars and Sails

Fractional rigged Bermudan sloop with Selden aluminum, deck-stepped, double swept back spreader in-mast furling mast and boom. Discontinuous stainless steel standing rigging (new 2020). Adjustable backstay. Spinnaker pole. Terylene running rigging. In-mast furling mainsail system. Furlex 200S headsail furling system. Adjustable genoa cars. All lines led aft via rope clutches. 2 x Harken 4016 self-tailing two-speed sheet winches. 2 x Harken self-tailing halyard winches.

• Mainsail - Elvstrom, very good - valeted 2024
• Furling Genoa - Kemp, very good - valeted 2024
• Spare headsail

Deck Equipment

• Bruce anchor with 60m chain
• Lofrans Cayman 88, 1000w electric anchor windlass with wired remote control
• Stainless steel pulpit, pushpit, and stanchions with lifeline gates
• Transom boarding ladder
• Blue sprayhood with grab bar
• Cockpit tent - new 2024
• Blue binnacle cover and halyard bags
• Pedestal mounted cockpit table
• Outboard engine bracket
• Folding boarding/access ladder
• Boat hook
• Assorted warps and fenders

Navigation Equipment

• Plastimo Olympic 135 binnacle steering compass
• Raymarine Ray230 DSC VHF radio with remote speaker
• 2 x waterproof Cobra handheld VHF radios (new 2024)
• Garmin Echomap 95 chartplotter mounted on binnacle
• Raymarine ST60 Tridata with depth and speed/log
• Raymarine ST60+ wind instrument
• ST60 Multi repeater
• Raymarine RL70C plotter/radar at chart table
• Raymarine radome mounted on mast
• Raymarine ST6002 autopilot control head with wheel-mounted autopilot (drive unit refurbished 2024)
• AIS receiver
• ICS Nav6 Navtex
• Hawk masthead wind indicator
• Clock and barometer
• Bow, stern, steaming, and anchor navigation lights
• Deck flood light
• Sony stereo radio/CD player with saloon and cockpit speakers

Safety Equipment

• Plastimo Cruiser 4 ORC, four-person, canister liferaft in cradle on coachroof (service due Dec 2025)
• 2 x horseshoe lifebuoys
• Danbuoy
• Jackstays
• Cockpit harness eyes
• 2 x fire extinguishers
• Fire blanket
• First Alert CO detector and smoke alarm
• Gas alarm
• Radar reflector
• Anchor ball & motoring cone shapes
• Powerful binoculars with built-in compass (new 2025)
• Manual and electric bilge pumps
• Emergency tiller

Construction

The Bavaria 36 was built in 2002 by Bavaria Yachts to a design by J & J Design. It features a white GRP hull with blue style stripes, superstructure, and decks with molded non-slip surfaces. The underwater hull was re-epoxied in 2020, having been previously epoxied in 2008 as a preventative measure. It has a cast iron fin keel and wheel steering to a spade hung rudder. The cockpit features a Lagun removable swiveling teak table and is self-draining with teak-laid sole and seats.

Disclaimer

The company normally acts as brokers for the vendor who, unless otherwise stated, is not selling in the course of a business. While every care has been taken in the preparation of these particulars, the correctness is not guaranteed and they are intended as a guide only and do not constitute a part of any contract. A prospective buyer is strongly advised to check these particulars and, where appropriate, at their own expense, to employ a qualified marine surveyor to carry out a survey and/or to have an engine trial conducted, which if conducted by us shall not imply any liability on our part.

General note on safety equipment: Any safety equipment such as liferaft, fire extinguishers, and flares, etc., are usually personal to the current owner(s) and if being left on board as part of the sale of a used vessel, may require routine servicing, replacement, or changing to meet a new owner’s specific needs.