| Swan 45 | |
| Image Boat: | File:Swan45 Samantaga BEL4528 2011 Euros.jpg |
| Designer: | Germán Frers |
| Location: | Finland |
| Year: | 2001 |
| No Built: | 50 |
| Builder: | Oy Nautor AB |
| Role: | Racer-Cruiser |
| Draft: | 9.19feet |
| Displacement: | 217160NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | glassfibre |
| Loa: | 45.37feet |
| Lwl: | 39.6feet |
| Beam: | 12.83feet |
| Engine: | Perkins Engines 580NaN0 diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | Fin keel |
| Ballast: | 86200NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | Spade-type rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 61.68feet |
| J: | 17.72feet |
| P: | 61.22feet |
| E: | 21.82feet |
| Sailplan: | 9/10 Fractional rigged sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 822square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 589square feet |
| Sailarea Spin: | 1647square feet |
| Sailarea Upwind: | 1411square feet |
| Sailarea Downwind: | 2469square feet |
| Phrf: | -8 to -18 |
The Swan 45 is a Finnish sailboat that was designed by Germán Frers as a one design racer-cruiser and first built in 2001.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
The boat was accepted as a World Sailing international class in 2005.[4] [9]
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.[1] [2] [3] [4] [10] [11] [12] [13]
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 217160NaN0 and carries 86200NaN0 of lead ballast.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The boat has a draft of 9.19feet with the standard keel.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The boat is fitted with a British Perkins Engines diesel engine of 580NaN0 for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1] [2] [3] [4]
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.[1] [2] [3] [4]
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of 1647square feet.[4]
The design has a hull speed of 8.43kn and a PHRF handicap of -8 to -18.[1] [2] [3] [4] [14]
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.[13]
The boat is supported by an active class club that organizes racing events, the Swan 45 Class.[8] It has been a World Sailing international class since 2005.[4] [9]
The design was named Boat of the Show at the 2002 London Boat Show and Sailing World Magazine 2003 Boat of the Year.[13]
A Cruising World 2002 article summarized the design, "the Swan 45 is a clean-cut thoroughbred racer with a luxurious cruise-capable interior."[15]
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."[16]
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."[17]
See main article: Swan 45 World Championship.