The latest addition to Bavaria Yacht's highly regarded C-Line is expected to be launched in January 2020 at German boat show Boot Dusseldorf.

The 12.38-metre long sailing yacht features a modern, innovative hull shape with chines and a V-shaped bow.

Bavaria Yachts are touting its sailing performance and large amounts of space below deck. The Bavaria chines ensure more stability, a longer waterline, and therefore better performance, and a more direct feeling when steering, while the prominent angle at the stern yields more space for the stern cabin, providing extra comfort.

The V-shaped bow is narrow at the waterline and broadens towards the deck. It was developed by Cossutti Yacht Design from Italy and Bavaria Yachts to give more volume to the hull in the foreship.

The additional volume in the bow ensures less trimming when heeling, despite the broad stern, ensuring a safer experience even in swell. The forward cabin gives the V-shaped bow new dimensions.

An iron keel with a ballast ratio of 2700kg and a total weight of just 9600kg supplies sufficient righting momentum.

When developing the rigging and sail plan, the development team focused on easy handling and performance. With 54 square metres of sail area for the mainsail and 47 square metres for the genoa sail, the Bavaria C42 is provided extra power from the wind.

While sailing with the wind abeam or running before the wind, a Code 0 sail (85 square metres) and a gennaker (140 square metres) ensure maximum speed. The self-tacking jib means easy handling when tacking. What's more, it's included in the standard version of the Bavaria C42.

In order to be able to perfectly trim the two-spreader mast on all courses, a backstay and backstay tensioner are included in the Bavaria C42's basic equipment.

When designing the deck layout, the Bavaria Yachts management team concentrated their efforts on the essentials in order to make space.

The bow and side deck areas are remarkably large for a sailing yacht of this size.

The cockpit, with its ergonomically formed L-shaped bench, ensures a comfortable seating position, whether you're sailing close to the wind or cruising on calmer water.

Additionally, there is a seating area on the superstructure for sunbathing.

The helmsman has a perfect view of the sails, the navigation instruments and the sea from both steering positions in the cockpit. This area extends astern with the optional helmsman's chairs in combination with the stern pulpit, which is pulled far to the inside.

Below deck, there are individual cabin designs to choose from, including a well-appointed two-cabin version with a generous bathroom or comfortable three-cabin version with two head rooms.

In the saloon, a cosy dining area for up to eight people is equipped with the U-shaped sofa on the starboard side and a lounge sofa on the port side.

There is a large worktops with plenty of space to move, and an abundance of storage.

The main bulkhead on the port side holds the home office area, or rather the navigation on board for the Bavaria C42.

Thanks to the V-shaped bow and the large side windows, the bow cabin offers owners a real king size bed with a breadth of 1.8 metres and a length of 2.1 metres.

In the two stern cabins, bunks are 1.6 metres wide and 2 metres long.

Local young gun Harry Miller has been awarded Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club's 2019 Youth Sailor of the Year.

Harry was notably present in almost every Youth Regatta that NCYC attended in 2019, stepping up from his crew position to lead his own teams as skipper in his first Match Racing events in that role this season.

In receiving his award and reflecting on 2019, Harry said that "the goal next year is to receive an invitation to the Nespresso Youth International Match Racing Championships sailed out of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. It will take a lot of extra training, but we can get there."

This year, Harry is crewing with the NCYC Match Racing Team and is in the Youth Development Squad. Additionally, Harry won the Novice Division of the Manly Junior State Titles at Hornsby Ku Ring Gai Sailing Club and at Middle Harbour 16ft Skiff Club.

Harry started sailing at the age of five on a dinghy which he sailed in Middle Harbour and on Manly Dam in Sydney. He now sails on Red Dog, and accompanied his farther Andrew in delivering Freyja from the Sydney to Hobart, which included sailing through Franklin Sound.