BAVARIA - TEST CENTEr
TEST, TEST, TEST
On the Main, Bavaria has its own test centre.
What exactly happens there?
We went there to take a look..
The main river flows by right in front of the
large balcony, a cock crows on the other
shore, the view continues into the vineyards
55
across the river, inland waterway
vessels chug past: That is how idyllic it is
here, where, with this outpost, the Bavaria
Yachtwerft is still by the water. The Bavaria
Yachts Test Centre is about 18 kilometres
from the factory itself where the
yachts are built. And when he speaks of
his work here, Frank Seuffert, manager for
certifications and tests at Bavaria Yachts,
comes into his stride. Especially when it
comes to boating on this section of the
Main, between the kilometre posts 276
and 284, or, in other words, between the
locks at Marktbreit and Kitzingen. Especially
the winter has had its effect on him,
because then he and his colleagues quasi
have the River Main for themselves: "Near
the locks I have already seen a fawn on
the bank, how it observed us on the water.
The mother stood by very attentively a
little further inland. The young deer
though looked at us as so curiously as if it
was about to swim out to us!" In the summer,
on the other hand, there is a lot happening
on the river and then one has to be
very careful, you have to watch out for
sunbathers, swimmers and people paddling
in boats. "The children, however, are
happy about the waves that land on the
shore when we pass," smiles Seuffert. Indeed,
it is necessary, and on this part of
the river also allowed to drive a boat from
time to time with full throttle, especially
for the propeller adjustments. But more
about that later.