Masthead Sloop · Lifting Keel · First built 2007
A high-performance German Frers masthead sloop featuring a lifting keel for versatile deep-water cruising
Designed by German Frers, built by Nautor.
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Footage from Sailing La Vagabonde
Is it for you?
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her light displacement on a narrow beam gives 41 — a heavy, notably soft motion offshore.
At 1.68 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.
111 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.
27.1 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.
31% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.
A capable offshore cruiser with an easy motion when the sea gets up.
What the fleet has seen
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The Swan 90 FD is a 27.1-meter masthead sloop with a lifting keel, designed by German Frers and built by Nautor since 2007.7:39 With a displacement of 58,967 kg, it has a comfort ratio of 41.5.
The living fleet
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The family
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