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Swan 45

Development
Designer	Germán Frers
Location	Finland
Year	2001
No. built	50
Builder(s)	Oy Nautor AB
Role	Racer-Cruiser
Name	Swan 45
Boat
Displacement	21,716 lb (9,850 kg)
Draft	9.19 ft (2.80 m)
Hull
Type	monohull
Construction	glassfibre
LOA	45.37 ft (13.83 m)
LWL	39.60 ft (12.07 m)
Beam	12.83 ft (3.91 m)
Engine type	Perkins Engines 58 hp (43 kW) diesel engine
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	Fin keel
Ballast	8,620 lb (3,910 kg)
Rudder(s)	Spade-type rudder
Rig
Rig type	Bermuda rig
I foretriangle height	61.68 ft (18.80 m)
J foretriangle base	17.72 ft (5.40 m)
P mainsail luff	61.22 ft (18.66 m)
E mainsail foot	21.82 ft (6.65 m)
Sails
Sailplan	9/10 Fractional rigged sloop
Mainsail area	822 sq ft (76.4 m)
Jib/genoa area	589 sq ft (54.7 m)
Spinnaker area	1,647 sq ft (153.0 m)
Upwind sail area	1,411 sq ft (131.1 m)
Downwind sail area	2,469 sq ft (229.4 m)
Racing
PHRF	-8 to -18
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The Swan 45 is a Finnish sailboat that was designed by Germán Frers as a one design racer-cruiser and first built in 2001.

The boat was accepted as a World Sailing international class in 2005.

Production

The design was built by Oy Nautor AB in Jakobstad, Finland, from 2001 until 2010, with 50 boats completed, but it is now out of production.

Design

The Swan 45 is a racing keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, with a keel-stepped mast, two sets of swept spreaders and carbon fibre spars. The hull has a slightly raked stem, an open reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel with a weighted bulb. It displaces 21,716 lb (9,850 kg) and carries 8,620 lb (3,910 kg) of lead ballast.

The boat has a draft of 9.19 ft (2.80 m) with the standard keel.

The boat is fitted with a British Perkins Engines diesel engine of 58 hp (43 kW) for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds 55.5 U.S. gallons (210 L; 46.2 imp gal) and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 84.5 U.S. gallons (320 L; 70.4 imp gal).

The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, two straight settees in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a split double berth on the port side. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a four-burner stove, an ice box and a double sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. There are two heads, one in the bow cabin on the port side and one on the starboard side aft.

For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of 1,647 sq ft (153.0 m).

The design has a hull speed of 8.43 kn (15.61 km/h) and a PHRF handicap of -8 to -18.

During the 2002 Swan Cup competition in Sardinia two Swan 45s both broke their rudders. The parts were returned to Nautor, analyzed and a new, stronger design produced.

Operational history

The boat is supported by an active class club that organizes racing events, the Swan 45 Class. It has been a World Sailing international class since 2005.

The design was named Boat of the Show at the 2002 London Boat Show and Sailing World Magazine 2003 Boat of the Year.

A Cruising World 2002 article summarized the design, "the Swan 45 is a clean-cut thoroughbred racer with a luxurious cruise-capable interior."

In a 2003 review, Yachting World noted, "while the 45 is primarily a performance racing boat with an option for cruising, Swan have been careful to retain the special, 'Swan cruising feel' including the classic teak decking, and attention to detail which makes this company’s boats stand out from the rest."

In a 2007 review for Yachting, Dennis Caprio wrote, "although the new Swan 45 shares styling themes with her ancestors, she is not the same type of boat. She is the progeny of the high-tech and rapid Swan 70 and 80, luxurious light-displacement cruising/racing yachts, also designed by German Frers. Like these semi-custom yachts, the 45 has an appetite for nautical miles, whether the owners are racing or cruising."

Events

See also

• List of sailing boat types

References

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2. ^ Sea Time Tech, LLC (2023). "Swan 45". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
3. ^ Ulladulla. "Swan 45". Sailboat Lab. Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
4. ^ "Swan 45 Sailboat specifications". Boat-Specs.com. 2023. Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
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7. "Frers Naval Architecture & Engineering". Boat-Specs.com. 2023. Archived from the original on 13 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
8. ^ Nautor. "Swan 45 - The ClubSwan Division". nautorswan.com. Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
9. ^ World Sailing (2023). "Swan 45". sailing.org. Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
10. McArthur, Bruce (2023). "Nautor (Swan sailboats)". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
11. Sea Time Tech, LLC (2023). "Nautor (Swan sailboats)". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
12. "Nautor's Swan Sailboat builder". Boat-Specs.com. 2023. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
13. ^ "Swan 45: A Bright Future". boats.com. 23 January 2003. Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
14. US Sailing (2023). "PHRF Handicaps". ussailing.org. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
15. "Specs Only – Swan 45". Cruising World. 9 October 2002. Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
16. "Swan 45". Yachting World. 5 January 2003. Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
17. Caprio, Dennis (4 October 2007). "Swan 45". Yachting. Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.

External links

• Media related to Swan 45 at Wikimedia Commons

• Keelboats
• 2000s sailboat type designs
• Sailing yachts
• One-design sailing classes
• Classes of World Sailing
• Sailboat type designs by Germán Frers
• Sailboat types built by Nautor Swan