BMB 35 Sports Hardtop

 

Issue: September 2005

Earlier this year Modern Boating featured the latest in the BMB range of Bavaria motorboats, the 37 Sports Hard Top. But the company is probably best known for its range of sailing yachts, such as the Bavaria 42 Cruiser.

The German boat builder produces some 2500 yachts, ocean year ranging from 25ft to 49 ft. Now the powerboats the company produces under the brand name BMB
(Bavaria Motor Boats) are also becoming better known in Australia.

The newest of the BMB range is the 35 Sports Hard Top, and just like the 37, it?s a sleek, stylish vessel. The 35 has an overall length of 11.4m compared with the 11.84m of the 37, but it comes almost $100,000 cheaper with many of the same features as its big brother.

The Bavaria reputation for fine fit-outs is well known throughout Europe and its motorboats keep up the tradition the company has established with its yachts.

Layout

The cockpit space has been well used with a semi-circular lounge opposite the helm station and another U-shaped lounge aft on the deck platform that lift s hydraulically to reveal the cavernous engine space and the Volvo Penta engines. Like the 37, the 35 has a huge electrically-operated sunroof in the hardtop that opens the cockpit right up on a sunny day. The slide up and down side windows have been retained and instead of metal catches (which tended to look a bit ordinary after a while) they are replaced with black plastic ones that look more suited to the boat.

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The helm position with tilt wheel has good vision and the dash is more akin to a European sports car with two of everything in silver bezels in a half-moon, Carbon-Fibre binnacle.

Another new feature is the reversible seat across the transom. This can be tilted back to face the stern or folded down to form a sun-bed. Under the seat is a huge divided icebox and of course a fridge and wet bar are standard in the cockpit. The main cabin is finished in a light, textured mahogany that gives it a light and airy feel, despite the solid wood bulkhead that divides the main cabin from the owner?s cabin.

This is not a structural bulkhead and some owners have opted for a cutout that opens the boat up remarkably. Although not very obvious, the cabin roof lining has been moulded, so that it now hides the bulkhead join. With the headlining feature it now finishes off the cabin beautifully.

Much of the cabinetry, including the beautifully finished table and the storage lockers, are similar to other Bavaria designs. The main cabin is very ?yachtish? with a semi-circular lounge around a beautifully inlaid table featuring the Bavaria Motor Boat logo.

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