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Swan 80

Masthead Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · 1999–2004

A 24.9-metre masthead sloop built between 1999 and 2004, featuring a deep 4.2-metre draft for offshore stability

Designed by German Frers, built by Nautor.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder

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The Swan 80, on the water

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

Footage from The Mariner

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 34 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 34
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.77
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 109
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 28.5

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

  • Draws more than ~99% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~86% of boats her size on file

Compared with 98 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Swan 80, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Swan 80 is a 24.9-meter masthead sloop designed by German Frers and built by Nautor from 1999 to 2004, featuring a fin with bulb and spade rudder hull. It displaces 36,699 kg with a 4.2-meter draft and a 5.8-meter beam. Aboard *The Mariner*, a Swan 80 was prepared for a solo transatlantic voyage and the Newport Bermuda Race, with repairs to water and grey tank systems and installation of a new deck light.11:51 This vessel includes a crash box in the bow for impact absorption.3:44 For solo maneuvering in a marina, a four-to-one line harness is used.8:49 The boat's design includes an asymmetrical spinnaker of 526 square meters.5:01

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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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
28.5
Displacement / length
108.6
Comfort ratio
33.8
Capsize screening
1.77
Hull speed
11.2 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
4726
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
1999–2004
Units built
8
Designer
German Frers
Builder
Nautor

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The family

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