Bavaria Yachtbau

Bavaria Yachtbau GmbH
GmbH
Industry Yacht building
Founded 1978
Headquarters Giebelstadt, Bavaria, Germany
Key people
 Hubert Ampferl (interim administrator)
not published
Website www.bavariayachts.com
BAVARIA C45
BAVARIA R55
BAVARIA NAUTITECH 40 OPEN

Bavaria Yachtbau was founded in 1978 by Winfried Herrman, a window manufacturer, and Josef Meltl, a yacht charter broker. By 2006, the company had grown to produce approximately 3,500 sailing and motor yachts and employing 600 people. Bavaria Yachtbau is one of Europe's largest yacht manufacturers and is the biggest yacht yard in Germany. Bavaria Yachtbau is also one of the top three global market leaders for yachts ranging from 30 to 56 feet.

In June 2007 the US private equity investor, Bain Capital acquired the company from the founders. Although the exact price of the transaction was not disclosed, the purchase price was estimated to be between 1.1 and 1.3 billion Euros. After the market crash of 2008, Bain Capital transferred control to US private equity investors Anchorage Advisors and Oaktree Capital Management, which each took 45 percent of shares in October 2009.

In August 2010, Jens Ludmann was named spokesman of the management board. Prior to being appointed to this position, Ludmann was the Chief Engineer of Ford Motor Company.

A small fleet of Bavaria yachts racing.

In April 2013, Constantin von Bülow, a senior vice president of Oaktree Capital Management, became the new CEO of Bavaria. In July 2014 Bavaria Yachtbau bought the French catamaran producer Nautitech Catamarans. With this purchase, Bavaria Yachtbau has increased its product portfolio to include the growing catamaran sector.

On 7 January 2015 Lutz Henkel joined Bavaria Yachtbau as the new CEO. Lutz Henkel assumed his new responsibility on 1 February 2015 and replaced Constantin von Bülow who became Chairman of the Board.

Today Bavaria Yachtbau GmbH has about 600 employees in Giebelstadt. 150 people work in the administration department. The yard in Giebelstadt is more than 656,000 square feet with approximately 230,000 square feet of production area.

On 20 April 2018 Boote Magazine was reporting that Bavaria has filed for bankruptcy - According to information available to the magazine investors have withdrawn their capital support.[1]

Range

  • Sailing yachts
    • BAVARIA C45 - 45.9 feet (14.0 m)
    • BAVARIA C50 - 50.6 feet (15.4 m)
    • BAVARIA C57 - 54.9 feet (16.7 m)
    • BAVARIA C65 - 63.8 feet (19.4 m)
    • CRUISER 34 - 32.9 feet (10.0 m)
    • CRUISER 37 - 37.1 feet (11.3 m)
    • CRUISER 39 - 39 feet (11.97 m)
    • CRUISER 41 - 40.6 feet (12.4 m)
    • CRUISER 41S - 40.6 feet (12.4 m)
    • VISION 42 - 42 feet (13 m)
    • VISION 46 - 45.1 feet (13.7 m)
    • EASY 9.7 - 32.78 feet (9.99 m)
  • Motorboats
    • BAVARIA E34 - 33.8 feet (10.3 m)
    • BAVARIA E40 - 40.4 feet (12.3 m)
    • BAVARIA R40 - 41.6 feet (12.7 m)
    • BAVARIA R55 - 58 feet (18 m)
    • BAVARIA S29 - 28.9 feet (8.8 m)
    • BAVARIA S30 - 28.9 feet (8.8 m)
    • BAVARIA S32 - 33 feet (10 m)
    • BAVARIA S33 - 33 feet (10 m)
    • BAVARIA S36 - 35.5 feet (10.8 m)
    • BAVARIA S40 - 40.1 feet (12.2 m)
    • BAVARIA S45 - 45.4 feet (13.8 m)
    • VIRTESS 420 - 40.8 feet (12.4 m)
  • Catamarans
    • NAUTITECH 40 OPEN - 39.3 feet (12.0 m)
    • NAUTITECH 46 OPEN | FLY - 45.2 feet (13.8 m)
    • NAUTITECH 47 POWER - 46.7 feet (14.2 m)
    • NAUTITECH 541 | 542 - 53.5 feet (16.3 m)

References

  1. ↑ Magazin, BOOTE. "Bavaria Insolvent". BOOTE-MAGAZIN.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-04-20.
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