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BAVARIA HOLIDAY 38

BAVARIA HOLIDAY 38

Bavaria🇩🇪· Design: J&J Design
$73,696 avg$66,132 – $80,448 (6 listings)from 1997
$2.3K – $6.2K est. annual maintenance
Offshore CruisermonoFractional SloopFin

Specifications

Hull

LOA39.3 ft
LWL33.79 ft
Beam12.53 ft
Draft6.07 ft
Shoal Draft4.56 ft(1.39 m)
Displacement16,094 lb
Ballast5,512.2 lb
Hull speed1.34·√LWL7.8 kn

Rig & Sails

Iforetriangle height43.5 ft
Jforetriangle base14.67 ft
Pmainsail luff45.82 ft
Emainsail foot14.92 ft
FLforestay14.7 ft
Mainsail688.2 sq ft
Jib (100%)319.1 sq ft
Spinnaker542.4 sq ft

About the BAVARIA HOLIDAY 38

Built primarily for the charter trade.

Performance

Comfort24.2
Capsize1.99
SA/Disp16.6
Disp/Len186
Bal/Disp34.3

Estimated Value

Low Confidence
Based on 4 listings
Low
$70,354
Estimated Value
$157,936
High
$246,537
Boats sell for ~0% below asking price (based on 1 actual sale) · Inflation-adjusted to 2026 USD

Asking price by model year

9 listings · boat years 19972019 · median $70,605

$0$100k$200kmedian $70,605200020052010201520202000 Bavaria Holiday 38 · $68,771 · Greece2019 Bavaria C45 Holiday · $247,229 · Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany2019 Bavaria C45 Holiday · $255,6541999 Bavaria 38 Holiday · $56,533 · Greece1999 Bavaria 38 Holiday · $65,0001999 Bavaria 38 Holiday · $70,200 · Greece, Attica1997 BAVARIA 38 HOLIDAY · $74,408 · Belgium2000 Bavaria Holiday 38 · $80,382 · Greece1999 Bavaria 38 Holiday · $70,605 · GreeceAsking price (USD)Boat model year

Each dot is one listing · hover for details · dashed red line marks the median · obvious data-entry outliers (top & bottom 2.5%) excluded.

Estimated Cost of Ownership

Based on 39.3ft LOA. Actual costs vary by condition, usage, and local rates.

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Annual Maintenance
$2.3K – $6.2K
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Known Issues & Pre-Purchase Inspection

We don't have enough data on the BAVARIA HOLIDAY 38yet to publish model-specific findings we'd stand behind — but here's a free general inspection checklist, built from our research into what actually goes wrong on boats of this kind.

Drawn from 7,029 documented issues across 2,391 models, ordered so the areas that most often turn up problems come first.

1Structural & Bulkheads9732Standing Rigging6403Deck & Topsides6404Keel & Keel Bolts5535Rudder & Steering5086Hull & Bottom377
Free general pre-purchase checklist
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