Swan 50 MS
Masthead Ketch · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1976
A Sparkman & Stephens masthead ketch designed for blue-water comfort, later evolving into the Nautical 52
Designed by Sparkman & Stephens, built by Nautor.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Fin With Rudder On Skeg
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her heavy displacement on a moderate beam gives 52 — a heavy, notably soft motion offshore.
At 1.63 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.
432 — very heavy for her waterline, a serious load-carrying cruiser.
11.2 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.
28% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.
Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.
- Heavier than ~97% of boats her size on file
- Draws less than ~88% of boats her size on file
- Beamier than ~88% of boats her size on file
Compared with 1747 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
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