Bavaria C45 (5 cbs) with 5 Cabins - Sailing Yacht (2020) - Katrin

Poor Of the 10 or so boats I have rented so far, this one has been the biggest disappointment. Perhaps the expectations beforehand were a bit too high given the year of construction (with the associated cost). But there were a number of things that were really not right: - there was a lot of play in the steering wheel, so the autopilot did not work even at low speed, it was very tiring to stand at the wheel and reverse docking was practically impossible. - Line for furling mainsail was too thick. This made controlled rolling in and out impossible from the cockpit. Controlled reefing was not possible because the winch could turn uncontrollably in strong winds. - only 2 winches in the cockpit, placed in awkward positions, so that the (too long) lines often had to be changed - swimming platform was broken and inaccessible and, at our urgent request, fortunately still provided with a line so that we could lower and raise it manually. But because of the unfavorable position of the winches in relation to the platform, steering was then temporarily not possible. - the automatic bilge started so often at night that the entire crew slept badly. Other minor irritations were: - the outside table was just not practical and of poor quality . (no storage space, light and was crooked when unfolded), - poor quality of the mooring ropes - little attention and support from base manager in Mykonos (we only got an outboard motor on Sunday after escalation through head office) Pity about the above issues as this led to a lot of unnecessary irritation, while the boat itself looks good, feels spacious and is comfortable inside (hot shower, good storage and lots of space in fridge).

Poor Of the 10 or so boats I have rented so far, this one has been the biggest disappointment. Perhaps the expectations beforehand were a bit too high given the year of construction (with the associated cost). But there were a number of things that were really not right: - there was a lot of play in the steering wheel, so the autopilot did not work even at low speed, it was very tiring to stand at the wheel and reverse docking was practically impossible. - Line for furling mainsail was too thick. This made controlled rolling in and out impossible from the cockpit. Controlled reefing was not possible because the winch could turn uncontrollably in strong winds. - only 2 winches in the cockpit, placed in awkward positions, so that the (too long) lines often had to be changed - swimming platform was broken and inaccessible and, at our urgent request, fortunately still provided with a line so that we could lower and raise it manually. But because of the unfavorable position of the winches in relation to the platform, steering was then temporarily not possible. - the automatic bilge started so often at night that the entire crew slept badly. Other minor irritations were: - the outside table was just not practical and of poor quality . (no storage space, light and was crooked when unfolded), - poor quality of the mooring ropes - little attention and support from base manager in Mykonos (we only got an outboard motor on Sunday after escalation through head office) Pity about the above issues as this led to a lot of unnecessary irritation, while the boat itself looks good, feels spacious and is comfortable inside (hot shower, good storage and lots of space in fridge).