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Swan 66 S

Masthead Sloop · Fin keel, spade rudder · First built 2006

A German Frers-designed masthead sloop developed for the Swan 40th anniversary, sharing its hull with the FD model

Designed by German Frers, built by Nautor.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/spade Rudder

See her sail

The Swan 66 S, 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 light displacement on a narrow beam gives 38 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 38
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.75
LightHeavy

164 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 164
EasygoingPowered-up

21.0 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 21.0
TenderStiff

31% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 31%

A capable offshore cruiser with an easy motion when the sea gets up.

  • Heavier than ~86% of boats her size on file
  • Draws more than ~92% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~90% of boats her size on file

Compared with 423 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Swan 66 S, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Swan 66 S is a 20.1-meter masthead sloop designed by German Frers and built by Nautor, sharing its hull with the Swan 66 FD. Developed for Nautor's 40th anniversary, the model has been in production since 2006. The 2008 Swan 66 S *Ganesh* features a carbon mast with three sets of swept-back spreaders and rod rigging, which was revised in 2021.2:18 It carries a Park Avenue-style carbon boom with lazy jacks and a 2025 Doyle mainsail and jib.2:26 Deck hardware includes four Harken 980 two-speed electric sheet winches, a recessed Reckman hydraulic headsail furler, and a manual fold-out anchor arm with a 75-lb CQR anchor.1:53 The cockpit has twin helms with B&G Zeus displays, autopilot controls, and hydraulic controls for the backstay, outhaul, and headstay.3:59 Below deck, *Ganesh* offers a three-cabin layout plus a crew cabin, all with Webasto heating and air conditioning systems overhauled in 2021.6:45 The yacht is powered by a 165-hp Steyr engine, a 10-kW Panda generator, and a Seafresh watermaker producing 250 liters per hour, with a 1,300-liter fuel capacity.9:29

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 broke, what changed

Gear aboard, as the crews told it

Moments from individual boats of this model that the fleet has filmed — one crew, one piece of kit, one day on the water. Not a review of the class, and not a count of anything.

Each line is one crew's account of their own boat. Another Swan 66 S may be fitted out entirely differently.

What they go for

Market signal

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

1seen for sale
1seen sold

For sale

Sold

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

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
31.4%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
21.0
Displacement / length
164.2
Comfort ratio
37.5
Capsize screening
1.75
Hull speed
10.1 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
3563
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 2006
Designer
German Frers
Builder
Nautor

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The family

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