| ClubSwan 42 | |
| Image Boat: | File:Club Swan 42 at the 2013 Swan European in Cowes.jpg |
| Designer: | Germán Frers |
| Location: | Finland |
| Year: | 2005 |
| No Built: | 58 |
| Builder: | Oy Nautor AB |
| Role: | Racer-Cruiser |
| Draft: | 8.86feet |
| Displacement: | 165000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | glassfibre |
| Loa: | 42.58feet |
| Lwl: | 37.04feet |
| Beam: | 12.89feet |
| Engine: | Volvo Penta 400NaN0 diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | Fin keel with weighted bulb |
| Ballast: | 70460NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | Spade-type rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 59.06feet |
| J: | 16.34feet |
| P: | 56.56feet |
| E: | 18.95feet |
| Isp: | 62.89feet |
| Mast Length: | 62.89feet |
| Sailplan: | Fractional rigged sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 661square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 515square feet |
| Sailarea Gen: | 1991square feet |
| Sailarea Upwind: | 1175square feet |
| Sailarea Downwind: | 2652square feet |
The ClubSwan 42, also called the Club Swan 42 and the New York Yacht Club 42 (NYYC 42), is a Finnish sailboat that was designed by Germán Frers as a one design racer-cruiser and first built in 2005.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
The design was a joint project between the New York Yacht Club (NYYC) and Finnish company Oy Nautor AB who built the boats in Estonia. Production ran from 2005 until 2013 with 58 boats completed. Boats built for members of the NYYC were delivered as the NYYC 42 and boats sold to others were marketed as the ClubSwan 42. Of an initial order of 36 boats, 25 went to NYYC members.[1] [2] [8] [9]
The class was conceived by David Elwell, of the NYYC as a boat for club cruises, regattas and offshore racing, including the Newport Bermuda Race and International Rating Certificate competition. The class concept was promulgated as a competition with Oy Nautor AB winning.[10] [11]
The ClubSwan 42 is a racing keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim. It has a 9/10 fractional sloop rig, with a keel-stepped mast, two sets of swept spreaders and a Hall Spars carbon fibre mast with an aluminium boom. The hull has a slightly raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by dual wheels and a fixed fin keel with a weighted bulb. It displaces 159830NaN0 and carries 70460NaN0 of lead ballast.[1] [2] [3] [10]
The boat has a draft of 8.86feet with the standard keel.[1] [2] [3]
The boat is fitted with a Swedish Volvo Penta diesel engine of 400NaN0 for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1] [2] [3]
The design has sleeping accommodation for six people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, two straight settees in the main cabin and two aft cabins each with two berths. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove, an ice box and a sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the port side.[1] [3] [10]
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with an asymmetrical spinnaker of 1991square feet, flown from a retractable bowsprit.[1] [2] [3]
The design has a hull speed of 8.16kn.[1]
The boat is supported by an active class club that organizes racing events, the Swan 42 Class.[7]
In a 2007 Sailing World review, Barrett Holby wrote, "in light air the boat showed a good turn of speed. It sailed upwind very easily and excelled downwind. The 26.63 sail-area-to-displacement ratio explains why it does so well in light air, and although we sailed it in a 6-knot breeze, it required maximum crew weight on the rail [the one-design class maximum crew weight is 1,870 pounds]."[10]
In a 2007 review for Sailing Magazine, John Kretschmer wrote, "the CS 42 has been described by her maker as a club racer-cruiser with adequate amenities for weekend adventures and sleeping aboard, make no mistake, she's a thoroughbred meant for dashing through the waves, not hanging on the hook. To paraphrase the great writer Gertrude Stein, rose is a rose is a rose, by any other name, and this one is a race boat."[11]