| Swan 44 | |
| Image Boat: | File:Pepper III in Turku 2021 (3).jpg |
| Designer: | Sparkman & Stephens |
| Location: | Finland |
| Year: | 1972 |
| No Built: | 76 |
| Builder: | Oy Nautor AB |
| Role: | Racer-Cruiser |
| Draft: | 7.4feet |
| Displacement: | 280000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | glassfibre |
| Loa: | 44feet |
| Lwl: | 33.89feet |
| Beam: | 12.58feet |
| Engine: | Perkins Engines 4-108M 370NaN0 diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | swept fin keel |
| Ballast: | 126000NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | Skeg-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 57.5feet |
| J: | 18.6feet |
| P: | 51feet |
| E: | 15.5feet |
| Sailplan: | Masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 395.25square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 534.75square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 930square feet |
| Phrf: | 81-87 |
The Swan 44 is a Finnish sailboat that was designed by Sparkman & Stephens as an International Offshore Rule racer-cruiser and first built in 1972. The boat is Sparkman & Stephens' design #2112.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The design is often referred to as the Swan 44 S&S to avoid confusion with the 1989 Swan 44 Frers, designed by Germán Frers. The boat was also sold in the United States as the Palmer Johnson 44.[1] [2]
The design was built by Oy Nautor AB in Finland, from 1972 to 1978, with 76 boats completed, but it is now out of production. A total of 62 boats were built with the tall mast and 14 with the short mast.[1] [2] [5] [6]
The Swan 44 is a racing keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim. 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, swept fin keel. It displaces 280000NaN0 and carries 126000NaN0 of lead ballast. A short mast version was also built with a mast about 2.5feet lower.[1] [2]
The boat has a draft of 7.4feet with the standard fin keel.[1] [2]
The boat is fitted with a British Perkins Engines 4-108M diesel engine of 370NaN0 for docking and manoeuvring.[1] [2]
The design has sleeping accommodation for eight people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, two straight settee berths and two pilot berths in the main cabin and two aft cabins, each with a single berth. 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 double sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The head is located just aft of the companionway steps on the starboard side.[1] [2]
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker.[7]
The design has a hull speed of 7.8kn and a PHRF handicap of 81 to 87 for the tall mast and 90 to 96 for the short mast.[1] [2] [8]
At least one boat had its stern modified and a deeper draft spade rudder installed to improve downwind handling and reduce the risk of broaching.[7]