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I shazammed every song lol.

the bimini is probably designed to not have an issue with the boom. They have it down for better filming and they are in the UK which the sun here doesn't burn you. I work on Jeaneau 410 in hot tropical weather and we always keep it up, never put it down ever.

I was in the market for a 45 foot sailboat last year and I was quoted a base price for a Bavaria C46 to be about 320k€, fully equipped for charter she came in just under 400k€. That was the price that a Slovenian dealer quoted me, but when I contacted a German dealer, I was quoted a price that was about 150k€ more expensive. You have to be very careful as to who you're buying these from. In the end I settled for a Bavaria "cruiser 46", and not the "C46". That is the previous generation of this boat, that has been kept in production. For less than 280k€ you get a boat that was designed about 14 years ago, but it's a boat that objectively isn't by any means worse than the brand new design. Sure the cabins are a little bit tighter, but that's a small price to pay when I consider the fact that I've saved 120k€ with that.

@@lovropirkl2672 would you mind about sharing the name of the Slovenian dealer?

@@production2880 The man is called Tomaž Kunaver, his company is called "TTY Adriatic". You can Google his company webpage where you can select any Bavaria model and download the brochures of any model that interests you. In the brochure you will find a base price and a list of all options and their prices. It was a pleasant experience buying a boat from him, but a pro tip I will give you is to tell him that you're buying a boat to put it in charter, because if he thinks you are buying it for private use, he might start cranking up the prices like crazy.

Bavaria still offer the split cabin foreward on the C46. I own a Bavaria cruiser 46 that has that feature, but if I'm going to be completely honest, it's a pretty forgettable feature. It takes a lot of work to take that wall out and most people (including me) just don't bother. Let alone the fact that the boat has no dedicated space for the removable wooden panels, so you just have to leave them at home. I haven't removed that wall in years and I mostly just treat it as a regular 4 cabin boat. One more thing to note is that there is very limited privacy between the foreward 2 cabins as it is impossible to install sound deadening material between the forward two cabins. You can hear every whisper from the other cabin through that foreward wall.

@@lovropirkl2672 the splitter is for the charter market. Store it ashore until needed. I know this market.

Absolutely!

What boat do you have?

The company filed for bankruptcy about 6 years ago, then some private firm bought it and reshuffled the business model. Bavaria has been going strong since August 2018

@@lovropirkl2672 Thanks for the reply and info!

The top of the mast is more than 22.5 meters off the waterline. The Bavaria c46 has the same length to height ratio as a modern imoca 60. Production boats are rarely "underrigged". It's usually the "off-shore blue water" long keel boats that have small masts and booms that barely stretch back as far as the Sprayhood. The boom on the Bavaria boats is so long that it almost touches the backstays.