Remarks :
Marubio is a 2001 Bavaria 40 Ocean — a centre-cockpit cruising yacht with a well-established reputation for comfort, seakeeping, and solid build quality. Now offered for sale in good overall condition, she has been privately owned throughout and has never been chartered. The vendor reports no groundings or hull damage in her history.
She has benefited from a substantial programme of upgrades between 2023 and 2025, including new Crusader sails, replacement standing rigging, a B&G Vulcan 9 chartplotter and NMEA 2000 instrument suite, four solar panels, a Honda generator, and a new Honda inflatable and outboard. Saildrive diaphragm and shaft seals, bow thruster propeller and seals, and saildrive propeller anodes have all been renewed recently.
She is currently afloat in Rethymno, Crete, and is available for immediate viewing.
Highlights Listed below but included in Full Specs:
- Centre-cockpit layout — large aft owner's cabin
- Privately owned; never chartered
- Standing rigging renewed (2025)
- Crusader mainsail and genoa (2023) — in-mast furling
- Saildrive diaphragm and shaft seals replaced (2025)
- Bow thruster — propeller and seals replaced (2025)
- B&G Vulcan 9 chartplotter with Mediterranean charts (2023)
- AIS Class B transponder and VHF (2024)
- Four solar panels (2023)
- Honda 3kVA generator (approx. 50 hours)
- Fridge evaporator and condenser new (2024)
- New Honda inflatable and outboard (2022)
- EPIRB new (2023)
- Webasto diesel heating
- EU VAT paid (Paid in Germany)
BROKER'S REMARKS
Marubio is a well-cared-for example of the Bavaria 40 Ocean that will appeal to a buyer looking for a comfortable centre-cockpit cruiser at a sensible price. The centre-cockpit layout is the key practical advantage of this design: the aft owner's cabin is genuinely spacious, with private access to the heads, and the saloon and forward cabin provide good separation when sailing with guests.
The upgrade programme carried out between 2023 and 2025 is thorough and meaningful.
New sails, standing rigging, electronics, and solar panels address the areas most likely to give a new owner cause for expenditure, and the mechanical attention to the saildrive and bow thruster seals reflects careful stewardship rather than deferred maintenance. The overall picture is of a vessel that has been genuinely looked after.
Currently berthed in Rethymno, Crete, she is ready for the season with very little to do.
Viewing is warmly invited.
Accommodation :
Marubio offers a well-proportioned two-cabin interior with berths for six. The centre-cockpit arrangement gives the aft owner's cabin a generous footprint, with a centreline double berth, good storage, and private access to the heads. Headroom is approximately 1.98m (6ft 5in) throughout. Upholstery is in blue fabric with protective covers throughout, and interior lighting has been upgraded to LED.
LAYOUT
The layout comprises an aft owner's cabin with centreline double berth and direct heads access, a forward cabin with V-berth, a saloon with L-shaped settee and opposing settee around a central dining table, a practical galley to port, and a large navigation station to starboard fitted with chartplotter and radar display.
DOMESTIC
The galley is fitted with a two-burner hob, oven, and double sink. The top-loading fridge has had its evaporator and condenser replaced in 2024. Hot and cold pressurised water is supplied throughout. Domestic hot water is via engine calorifier. Webasto diesel heating is installed throughout. A single heads compartment is fitted with a Jabsco electric toilet — new pump fitted, with spare supplied.
Inventory :
SAFETY
- Life raft: 6-person — serviced to 2025
- EPIRB: New (2023) — valid batteries
- Flares: Full set (expiry 2026)
- Life jackets: 4
- Lifebuoy: 1
- Fire blanket
- Bilge pumps: 2 x electric automatic; 1 x manual
CANVAS
- Sprayhood: Fitted with fixed screen and new canvas
- Bimini: Fitted (2024)
- Cockpit cushions: Full set
- Full tailored boat cover for ashore storage (repaired)
TENDER
- Dinghy: Honda Honwave 2.2m inflatable (2022)
- Outboard: Honda 2.2hp (2022)
MISCELLANEOUS
- Warps and fenders — full set (6 standard, 1 ball, 2 flat foam)
EXTRA DETAILS
- Currently afloat in Rethymno, Crete, Greece
- Available for immediate viewing
TITLE DOCUMENTS AND TAX
Listed below are the documents/or copies which we have seen on listing this yacht.
- Bill of Sale to current owner
- Previous title paperwork
- Original VAT Invoice and confirmation paid
KNOWN DEFECTS
NONE
HISTORY
Marubio is a 2001 Bavaria 40 Ocean that has been in private ownership throughout, with the current owner cruising her extensively in the Mediterranean — visiting over 30 ports and covering approximately 5,000 nautical miles. She has never been chartered, never grounded, and shows no signs of hull damage. She has been lifted annually for winter storage and receives a full antifoul treatment each season.
Notable works under current ownership include: replacement of standing rigging (2025); replacement of saildrive diaphragm, shaft seals, and bow thruster propeller and seals (2025); new Crusader mainsail and genoa (2023); installation of B&G Vulcan 9 chart plotter and NMEA 2000 instrument suite (2023); four solar panels (2023); new domestic and starter batteries (2023); fridge evaporator and condenser replacement (2024); replacement of stainless steel exhaust elbow and hosing, anti-syphon valve, and water strainer (2024); new bimini (2024); deck and cockpit shower (2024); and new Honda inflatable and outboard (2022). Running rigging was replaced in 2020 and teak deck seams were re-caulked in the same year.
Mechanical :
CONSTRUCTION
- Builder: Bavaria Yachtbau GmbH, Giebelstadt, Germany
- Year: 2001
- Hull material: GRP
- Deck material: GRP with teak overlay — seams re-caulked (2020)
- Hull colour: White
- Keel type: Fin
- Rudder type: Spade
- Steering: Wheel
- Hull form: Monohull, centre cockpit
DIMENSIONS
- LOA: 12.47m (40ft 11in)
- LWL: 10.92m (35ft 10in)
- Beam: 3.99m (13ft 1in)
- Draft: 1.95m (6ft 5in)
- Displacement: 7,902kg
- Ballast: 2,842kg
MECHANICAL
- Engine: Volvo Penta MD22L, 50hp diesel inboard (2001)
- Engine hours: Approximately 2,500
- Cooling: Fresh water cooled
- Drive type: Saildrive (Volvo Penta 120S-E)
- Saildrive diaphragm: Replaced (2025)
- Saildrive shaft seals: Replaced (2025)
- Propeller: 3-blade fixed — anode replaced annually
- Bow thruster: Side Power electric — new propeller and seals (2025); anode replaced annually
- Racor fuel filter (2023)
- Stainless steel exhaust elbow (2024)
- Exhaust hosing replaced (2024)
- Anti-syphon valve system: New (2024)
- Water strainer: New, with transparent top (2024)
PERFORMANCE
- Cruising speed (motor): Approximately 7 knots
- Maximum speed (motor): Approximately 8 knots
TANKAGE
- Fuel: 230 litres (51 gallons)
- Fresh water: 380 litres (84 gallons) — two tanks (230L + 150L)
- Holding tank: 60 litres
- Hot water: Engine calorifier
ELECTRICAL
- Domestic batteries: 2 x 180Ah (April 2023)
- Engine starter battery: 1 x 100Ah (April 2023)
- Battery chargers: 2 x 50A
- Inverter: Fitted
- Solar panels: 4 x panels (2023)
- Generator: Honda 3kVA (approximately 50 hours)
- Shore power: 230V — cable included
- Interior lighting: Upgraded to LED throughout
- USB charging points: Throughout
RIGGING
- Rig type: Masthead sloop
- Mast: Aluminium
- Standing rigging: Replaced (2025)
- Running rigging: Replaced (2020)
- Mainsail reefing: In-mast furling
- Headsail: Furling
- All lines led aft to cockpit
SAILS
- Mainsail: Crusader ALPHA Sails, in-mast furling (2023)
- Genoa: Crusader ALPHA Sails (2023)
NAVIGATION
- Chartplotter (helm): B&G Vulcan 9, with full Mediterranean charts (2023)
- Chartplotter (navigation station): VDO, with full Mediterranean charts
- AIS: B&G Class B transponder with VHF/AIS splitter (2024)
- Instruments: B&G NMEA 2000 (2023); Raymarine ST60 — depth, wind, and speed
- Autopilot: Raymarine
- Radar: Raymarine Pathfinder
- VHF radio: B&G fixed (2024); handheld VHF also carried
- Compass: Olympic 100 (2022)
DECK
- Teak-laid deck — seams re-caulked (2020)
- Windlass: Lofrans Cayman 1000W electric — local and helm control
- Anchor: Rocna 25kg
- Chain: 70m x 8mm stainless steel
- Winches: 6 x Harken
- Cockpit table: White GRP
- Cockpit and deck shower (2024)
- Aft deck lockers: 2 x large
- Pushpit and pulpit: Stainless steel
- Boarding ladder
