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Bavaria 40 for sale in Kent
This Bavaria 40, built in 2001, offers comfortable accommodation for up to eight people across three cabins, featuring two heads and generous 6-foot headroom throughout. It’s equipped with a 40-litre holding tank and two 150-litre freshwater tanks, providing a total freshwater capacity of 300 litres, along with a 240v hot water immersion heater for added comfort.
The boat is well-equipped with navigation gear, including a Raymarine chart plotter, autopilot, depth gauge, speed/log, and windspeed indicator. With its spacious layout, safe and roomy cockpit, and impressive sailing performance, this Bavaria 40 is perfectly suited for family cruising or longer-distance adventures. A berth in Dover Marina is also available by separate negotiation.
Please call our Kent – Chatham Office +44 (0)1634 571605 for further information or to arrange a viewing.

Accommodation :
The forepeak contains a double V-berth over 6 feet long, with a large standing area suitable for changing. Storage is provided throughout the cabin, including a hanging wardrobe, shelving, and under-berth compartments.
The en-suite heads are equipped with a sea toilet, sink, vanity unit, and shower, all set in a moulded white finish for easy maintenance. Hot water is supplied by a Calorifier system and a 240v immersion heater.
Aft of the forepeak, the saloon includes an offset forward passageway on the port side and a central drop-leaf table. A bench settee runs along the port side in front of the galley, while a U-shaped settee surrounds the table to starboard. Storage is ample, with overhead lockers and under-settee compartments on both sides.
The galley offers substantial storage and is fitted with a double stainless-steel sink with pressurised hot and cold water. Cooking facilities include a gimballed 2-burner gas stove with oven and grill, along with a countertop 12v fridge and additional storage for provisions.
To starboard at the aft end of the saloon is a full-sized forward-facing chart table with under-seat storage. Electrical switch panels and navigation instruments are within easy reach. The table includes a large chart locker, bosun’s drawer, and further compartments for equipment and tools.
Aft of the chart table is the starboard aft cabin, with a double berth over 6 feet long and a standing area for changing. Storage includes shelving, hanging lockers, and an under-seat locker.
Opposite on the port side is the main heads compartment, featuring a sea toilet, sink, vanity unit, and a separate shower area, all in a moulded white finish for ease of cleaning.
Aft of this compartment is the port aft cabin, which mirrors the starboard side, offering a double berth over 6 feet long, a standing area, and multiple storage solutions including shelving, hanging lockers, and an under-seat locker.
This Bavaria 40 is fitted with two 150L freshwater tanks giving a combined 300-litre freshwater capacity, a 20L holding tank, and an Eberspacher cabin heating system with outlets in the saloon, forepeak, and both aft cabins.

The companionway leads to a spacious aft cockpit designed to accommodate a full crew safely and comfortably under way, with ample space for outdoor dining or relaxing at anchor.
The wheel is mounted centrally at the rear of the cockpit, with a full-width bench seat for the helmsman. Engine and navigation controls are housed in the binnacle for easy access.

Inventory :
Deck Equipment:
1 x Anchor, with 60M Chain
1 x Electric Anchor Windless – Lofrans
Lifeline gates
Cockpit enclosure
Sprayhood
Bimini Cover
Cockpit Dodgers
Bathing platform
Boarding ladder
8 x Fenders
8 x Warps
Navigation Equipment:
Steering Compass
Depth – Raymarine, Tridata ST60
Speed/Log – Raymarine, Tridata ST60
Wind Speed/Direction – Raymarine ST60
VHF Radio – Icom DSC
Handheld VHF – Icom
GPS/ Chart plotter – Raymarine RC80
AIS – Transponder Class B – New in 2019
Radar – Raymarine
Autopilot – Raymarine ST6002
Navtex – ICS6
Electronic Charts – Raymarine
Navigation lights – Masthead & Deck level
Papercharts
Clock and Barometer
Safety Equipment:
3 x Fire Extinguishers
2 x Engine Room Fire Extinguisher
1 x Fire Blanket
1 x Smoke Alarm
4 x Jackstays
2 x Cockpit Harness Points
4 x Harnesses
6 x Lifejackets
2 x Horseshoe Lifebuoys
Liferaft – Seago 6 Persons – Manufacture 2023, Last Service due 2026
Emergency tiller
1 x Manual bilge pump
1 x Electric bilge pump
First Aid Kit
Radar Reflector
Keel Hull
Cast iron fin keel with balanced Spade rudder and wheel steering.

Title Documents & Tax
The following documents have been sent when preparing these details:

Bills of Sale in the Owner’s Name
Original purchase invoice showing VAT paid
Proof of location on 31st December 2020
Builders Certificate
Declaration of Conformity to Recreational Craft Directive
Proof of location in December 2020
History & Construction
This Bavaria 40 was built in 2001 by Bavaria Yachts in Germany, to a J & J design. The yacht has a white GRP hull and superstructure with non-slip decks. She benefits from a fin keel, wheel steering with a spade rudder, with a self-draining cockpit and anchor well. She was last out of the water in 2023 when the hull was polished, anodes changed, antifouled and re-antifouled.

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Mechanical :
Sails and Spars:
This Bavaria 40 has a Bermudan Masthead sloop rig, with a 2001 Selden aluminium deck stepped mast and boom, with stainless steel standing and running rigging. The yacht has a Furlex 300s furling headsail and an in-mast furling mainsail. All lines are led aft to the cockpit. The age of the standing and running rig is unknown.
Winches:
2 x Sheet winches – Harken 44, Self-tailing
2 x Halyard winches – Harken 40, Self-tailing
2 x other winches – Lewmar 40, Self-tailing.
Sails:
1 x Furling Mainsail, Elvstorm, Dacron – Age Unknown – Very good condition.
1 x Furling Genoa, Elvstorm, Dacron – Age Unknown – Fair Condition
1 x Cruising chute, Nylon, Gowan – Age Unknown – Condition Unknown
Mechanical Systems:
This Bavaria 40 has a single, 2001 4-cylinder 50hp Volvo Penta MD22L diesel engine with Morse controls. This engine is powering a Sail drive with a 3-blade fixed propeller. The Sail drive diaphragm was last changed in June 2019, and the engine was last serviced in May 2024 by the owner.
This Volvo Penta MD22L is supplied by a 150-litre capacity HOPE fuel tank. The yacht will cruise at approximately 6 knots under engine and has a maximum speed of approximately 9 knots.
Electrical Systems:
5 x 12v batteries (2 x 350Ah Domestic age unknown, 1 x Engine 2025, 1x 110Ah Anchor winch age unknown & 1 x 40Ah Bow thruster 2024) All batteries are charged from the engine alternator and a 240V battery charger, via the 240V shore power ring main system, which also has a hot water immersion heater attached.