Swan 60 (1994-2003)

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The Swan 60 (1994-2003), on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from Berthon International

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a narrow beam gives 33 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 33

CoastalBluewater

1.88 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.88

LightHeavy

180 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 180

EasygoingPowered-up

28.7 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 28.7

TenderStiff

37% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 37%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

Heavier than ~81% of boats her size on file
Draws more than ~99% of boats her size on file
Beamier than ~92% of boats her size on file

Compared with 609 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Swan 60 (1994-2003), as the fleet has seen it

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The Swan 60 (1994-2003) is a German Frers-designed fractional sloop built by Nautor between 1994 and 2003, featuring a fin with bulb and spade rudder hull. It measures 18.9 meters LOA, 5.3 meters beam, and 3.5 meters draft, displacing 23,496 kg. A cruising version was available with a masthead rig and optional shallow fin or lifting keel. Hull number 11, named *Sotto Voce*, built in 1997, has a regatta hull and deck layup, a carbon mast and boom from Hall Spars, and stainless steel rigging replaced in 2021.0:39 Its deck includes twin helms, an optional hydraulic swim platform, and an upgraded winch package with Luma 68 electric aft sheet winches and a central Luma 88 3-speed mainsheet winch.2:51 Navigation systems were updated in 2021 with B&G equipment.2:24 The interior features Alcantara upholstery, a sea-going galley with a dishwasher and trash compactor, and three freshwater-flushing Vacu-Flush toilets.6:05 The yacht is powered by an original Perkins M135 engine with 7,000 hours and a 9.4kW Westerbeke generator with 3,000 hours.8:02

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model come up for sale.

1seen for sale

The yacht is presented as being for sale by Berthon International
from Berthon Internationalseen September 20252:46

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

37.3%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

28.7

Displacement / length

180.4

Comfort ratio

32.9

Capsize screening

1.88

Hull speed

9.5 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

3153

Hull

Hull type

Fin w/bulb & spade rudder

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

1994–2003

Units built

28

Designer

German Frers

Builder

Nautor

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The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

Swan 60 FDA fractional sloop with an active European racing class, offering both deck salon and asymmetric spinnaker options Swan 61A 18.44-metre masthead sloop built between 1985 and 1990, balancing a 2.95-metre draft with a high comfort ratio Swan 59A 17.88-metre fin-keeled cruiser featuring a deep 3.41-metre draft for stability and upwind performance Swan 70A 21-metre masthead sloop with a fin keel and bulb, engineered for rapid offshore passage making Swan 77A 24-metre masthead sloop built from 1992 to 2003, featuring a high comfort ratio for long-range offshore cruising Swan 58A modern 19-metre cruiser offering optional shallow or performance keels and a refined interior by Misa Poggi

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