| Swan 53-2 | |
| Image Boat: | File:Swan53 SilverenSwan NED53 2011 Euros.jpg |
| Designer: | Germán Frers |
| Location: | Finland |
| Year: | 2005 |
| No Built: | 20 |
| Builder: | Oy Nautor AB |
| Role: | Cruiser |
| Draft: | 8.01feet |
| Displacement: | 485010NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | glassfibre |
| Loa: | 54.07feet |
| Lwl: | 47.24feet |
| Beam: | 15.58feet |
| Engine: | Yanmar diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | Fin keel withj weighted bulb |
| Ballast: | 180780NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | Spade-type rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 71.95feet |
| J: | 19.52feet |
| P: | 65.88feet |
| E: | 21.98feet |
| Sailplan: | Masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 724.02square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 702.23square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 1426.25square feet |
| Previous: | Swan 53 Mk I |
| Successor: | Swan 54 |
The Swan 53-2, also called the Swan 53 Mk II, is a Finnish sailboat that was designed by Germán Frers as a blue water cruiser and first built in 2005.[1] [2] [3]
The design was originally marketed by the manufacturer as the Swan 53, but is now usually referred to as the Swan 53-2 or Mk II, to differentiate it from Frers' unrelated 1987 Swan 53 Mk I design.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
The boat is a developed into the Swan 54, using the same hull design.[7]
The design was built by Oy Nautor AB in Finland, from 2005 to 2009 with 20 boats completed, but it is now out of production.[1] [2] [3] [8] [9]
The Swan 53-2 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, with two sets of swept spreaders. The hull has a raked stem plumb stem, a reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by dual wheels and a fixed fin keel or optional stub keel and daggerboard. It displaces 485010NaN0 and carries 180780NaN0 of lead ballast in the fin keel version and 224000NaN0 of ballast in the daggerboard model.[1] [2] [3]
The keel-equipped version of the boat has a draft of 8.01feet, while the daggerboard-equipped version has a draft of 12.14feet with the board extended and 4.59feet with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water.[1] [2] [3]
The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine 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 eight people, with a double island berth in the bow cabin, a double berth to port in the forward cabin, an L-shaped settee and a straight settee in the main cabin and two aft cabins, each with a double berth. 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 double sink. There are three heads, two just aft of the bow cabin on the starboard side and one on the port side, aft.[1] [2] [3]
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker. The boat has a hull speed of 9.21kn.[1] [2] [3]