Engineering:Swan 42
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Development | |
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Designer | Ron Holland |
Location | Finland |
Year | 1980 |
No. built | 38 |
Builder(s) | Oy Nautor AB |
Role | Cruiser-Racer |
Boat | |
Boat weight | 22,000 lb (9,979 kg) |
Draft | 7.80 ft (2.38 m) |
Hull | |
Type | monohull |
Construction | glassfibre |
LOA | 42.00 ft (12.80 m) |
LWL | 33.83 ft (10.31 m) |
Beam | 12.96 ft (3.95 m) |
Engine type | Perkins Engines 4-108 40 hp (30 kW) diesel engine |
Hull appendages | |
Keel/board type | fin keel |
Ballast | 9,200 lb (4,173 kg) |
Rudder(s) | Spade-type rudder |
Rig | |
Rig type | Bermuda rig |
I (foretriangle height) | 54.90 ft (16.73 m) |
J (foretriangle base) | 16.70 ft (5.09 m) |
P (mainsail luff) | 48.80 ft (14.87 m) |
E (mainsail foot) | 14.10 ft (4.30 m) |
Sails | |
Sailplan | Masthead sloop |
Mainsail area | 343 sq ft (31.9 m2) |
Jib/genoa area | 686 sq ft (63.7 m2) |
Spinnaker area | 1,647 sq ft (153.0 m2) |
Upwind sail area | 1,029 sq ft (95.6 m2) |
Downwind sail area | 1,990 sq ft (185 m2) |
Racing | |
PHRF | 78-87 |
The Swan 42 is a Finnish sailboat that was designed by Ron Holland as a cruiser-racer and first built in 1980.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Production
The design was built by Oy Nautor AB in Finland, from 1980 to 1985, with 38 boats completed, but it is now out of production.[1][2][3][4][5]
Design
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The boat was based on the 1979 Admiral's Cup design, Regardless, the only boat to win two races in that regatta. It uses a deck and interior derived from the Swan 441 and Swan 44.[13]
The Swan 42 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, with a keel-stepped mast, two sets of unswept spreaders and aluminium spars with 1X19 stainless steel wire rigging. The hull has a raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel or optional shoal-draft keel. It displaces 22,000 lb (9,979 kg) and carries 9,200 lb (4,173 kg) of lead ballast.[1][2][3][4][5]
The boat has a draft of 7.80 ft (2.38 m) with the standard keel and 5.92 ft (1.80 m) with the optional shoal draft keel.[1][2][3][4][5]
The boat is fitted with a British Perkins Engines 4-108 diesel engine of 40 hp (30 kW) for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds 42 U.S. gallons (160 L; 35 imp gal) and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 79 U.S. gallons (300 L; 66 imp gal).[1][2][3][4][5]
The design has sleeping accommodation for nine people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, an L-shaped settee and a straight settee in the main cabin along with two pilot berths and an aft cabin with a double berth on the starboard side and a single berth to port. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a three-burner stove, an ice box and a double sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The head is located aft of the companionway on the starboard.[1][2][4][5]
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of 1,647 sq ft (153.0 m2).[4][5]
The design has a hull speed of 7.79 kn (14.43 km/h) and a PHRF handicap of 78-87 with the fin keel and 87 with the shoal draft keel.[1][2][3][4][5][14]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 McArthur, Bruce (2023). "Swan 42". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/swan-42/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Sea Time Tech, LLC (2023). "Swan 42". sailboat.guide. https://sailboat.guide/nautor/swan-42.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Ulladulla. "Swan 42". Sailboat Lab. https://sailboatlab.com/data_sheet/7242/0/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 "Swan 42 Standard Sailboat specifications". Boat-Specs.com. 2023. https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/nautor-s-swan/swan-42-standard.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 "Swan 42 Shoal draft Sailboat specifications". Boat-Specs.com. 2023. https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/nautor-s-swan/swan-42-shoal-draft.
- ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2023). "Ron Holland". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/designer/holland-ron.
- ↑ Sea Time Tech, LLC (2023). "Ron Holland". sailboat.guide. https://sailboat.guide/ron-holland.
- ↑ "Ron Holland Design Sailboat designer". Boat-Specs.com. 2023. https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/designers/ron-holland-design.
- ↑ "The Boats". The Spirit of Swan. Yachting Library S.r.L. October 1, 2002. pp. 244 Onwards. ISBN 88-87737-18-5.
- ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2023). "Nautor (Swan sailboats)". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/builder/nautor-swan-sailboats.
- ↑ Sea Time Tech, LLC (2023). "Nautor (Swan sailboats)". sailboat.guide. https://sailboat.guide/nautor.
- ↑ "Nautor's Swan Sailboat builder". Boat-Specs.com. 2023. https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/nautor-s-swan.
- ↑ Nautor (May 1980). "Nautor News". Yachting. https://books.google.com/books?id=4_Z9BWIYwYQC&pg=PA41.
- ↑ US Sailing (2023). "PHRF Handicaps". ussailing.org. https://www.ussailing.org/competition/offshore/phrf/phrf-handicaps/.
External links
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