| Swan 38 | |
| Image Boat: | File:Swan38 GBR123 Xara 2013 Euros.jpg |
| Designer: | Olin Stephens of Sparkman & Stephens |
| Location: | Finland |
| Year: | 1974 |
| No Built: | 116 |
| Builder: | Oy Nautor AB |
| Role: | Cruiser-Racer |
| Draft: | 6.3feet |
| Displacement: | 183000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | glassfibre |
| Loa: | 38.25feet |
| Lwl: | 28.71feet |
| Beam: | 11.55feet |
| Engine: | Bukh & Gry DV 20 ME 200NaN0 diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 71000NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | skeg-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 51feet |
| J: | 15.81feet |
| P: | 42.25feet |
| E: | 12.5feet |
| Sailplan: | masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 264.06square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 403.16square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 667.22square feet |
| Phrf: | 114-128 |
The Swan 38 is a Finnish sailboat that was designed by Olin Stephens of Sparkman & Stephens as a cruiser-racer and first built in 1974. It is Sparkman & Stephens design #2167. A special reduced sail area version was also produced to comply with the One Ton class rules.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
The design was built by Oy Nautor AB in Finland, from 1974 until 1979, with 116 boats completed, but it is now out of production.[1] [2] [3] [4] [9] [10] [11]
The Swan 38 is a racing keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim and aluminum spars. The hull is made from solid glassfibre, reinforced with a galvanized I-beam. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a raised counter reverse transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 183000NaN0 and carries 71000NaN0 of lead ballast.[1] [3] [9]
The boat has a draft of 6.3feet with the standard keel. It is fitted with a Danish Bukh & Gry DV 20 ME diesel engine of 200NaN0 for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds .[1] [3]
The design has sleeping accommodation for five people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, two straight settees in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a single berth to port and double berth on the starboard side. The galley is located on the starboard 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 sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the port side. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the port side. The fresh water tank has a capacity of . Cabin maximum headroom is 720NaN0.[1] [3]
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker.[9]
The design has a hull speed of 7.18kn and a PHRF handicap of 114 to 128.[3] [12]
The boat was at one time supported by a class club that organized racing events, the One Ton Class.[1] [3] [13] [14]
In a 2003 boats.com review, concluded, "There are many commendable aspects to the Swan 38. It's a pleasure to look at and an even greater pleasure to sail. With a windvane bolted on the stern, a flexible water tank added in the bow, a solar panel or two and a bit of wanderlust, the 38 will take you anywhere in the world you want to go, especially if some of that is to windward ... The Swan 38 will not be the boat for every couple. But for sailors who love to sail, who get a thrill out of solid windward performance, and enjoy a boat that stands up to a blow, the 38 is a good choice. It's the type of boat that can be kept for a lifetime of sailing, without losing value or paling in a sailor's eye. Not the grandest, fastest or most beautiful boat ever designed by the maestroes Stephens, the Swan 38 is still a great little masterpiece of an ocean-sailing yacht."[9]