sail in croatia in 2004 type gmbh industry yacht building founded 1978 headquarters giebelstadt bavaria germany key people lutz henkel operating income not published website www.bavaria yachtbau.com a bavaria 35 sport motorboat at the les minimes marina in la rochelle france . winfried herrman a window manufacturer and josef meltl a yacht charter broker founded bavaria yachtbau in 1978 . by 2006 the company had grown to producing 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 b low 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 b low 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 . range edit the bavaria 55 is amongst the largest models ; here it is shown close hauled . sailing yachts b one 23 feet 7.0 m easy 9.7 33 feet 10 m cruiser 33 33 feet 10 m cruiser 37 37 feet 11 m cruiser 41 41 feet 12 m cruiser 41s 41 feet 12 m cruiser 46 46 feet 14 m cruiser 51 51 feet 16 m cruiser 56 56 feet 17 m vision 42 42 feet 13 m vision 46 46 feet 14 m motorboats sport 29 29 feet 8.8 m sport 32 32 feet 9.8 m new sport 300 30 feet 9.1 m new sport 330 33 feet 10 m new sport 360 36 feet 11 m new sport 400 40 feet 12 m new sport 450 45 feet 14 m virtess 420 42 feet 13 m catamarans nautitech open 40 40 feet 12 m external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to bavaria yachten . www.bavaria yachtbau.com website of bavaria yachtbau gmbh v t e bain capital people bill bain eric kriss mitt romney companies aleris bain & company bain capital ventures bavaria yachtbau bombardier recreational products brake bros brookstone burger king burlington coat factory d & m holdings dollarama domino s pizza doubleclick edcon gome electrical appliances guitar center gymboree hd supply iheartmedia hospital corporation of america kansas city bolt and nut company plant michaels new life lodge nxp semiconductors sealy corporation staples inc. toys r us warner music group the weather channel worldpay aspen education group aspen achievement academy academy at swift river bromley brook school excel academy mount bachelor academy new leaf academy northstar center oakley school wellspring academies retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bavaria yachtbau & oldid 736747647 categories german boat buildersbain capital companieshidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages e tinadeutschfran ais slenskanorsk bokm lpolskisvenska edit links this page was last modified on 29 august 2016 at 15 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view