Swan 56
Production boat · Germán Frers · Nautor's Swan · since 1996
- Boats
- 2
- Results
- 5
- Wins
- 3
- Races
- 1
- Length
- 17.53m
- Beam
- 4.73m
- Draft
- 2.7m
- Weight
- 19.5t
- Sail area
- 138.54m²
Most successful
Specifications
Production boat
- Designer
- Germán Frers
- Builder
- Nautor's Swan
- First built
- 1996
- Length
- 17.53m
- Waterline
- 15.08m
- Beam
- 4.73m
- Draft
- 2.7m
- Displacement
- 19,504kg
- Ballast
- 6,214kg
- Sail area upwind
- 138.54m²
- Keel
- bulb
Standard fin-keel version (a shoal keel and the racing Swan 56R variant exist); figures converted from imperial by the source; sail area is main + 100% foretriangle; builder listed by source as Oy Nautor AB
Published figures for the design; individual boats are often modified. Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Against its rivals
The Swan 56 against four designs like it, from published figures. Swap any of the four. Each spoke is scaled to the largest of the five; a figure that isn't published sits at the centre (— in the table).
| Design | Length | Beam | Draft | Weight | Sail area | Power (SA/D) | Boats racing | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swan 56 | 17.5 m | 4.73 m | 2.70 m | 19.5 t | 139 m² | 19.4 | 2 | 3 |
| Swan 601 | 18.3 m | 4.55 m | 3.66 m | 18.0 t | 221 m² | 32.7 | 5 | 3 |
| ClubSwan 50 | 15.2 m | 4.20 m | 3.50 m | 8.5 t | 158 m² | 38.6 | 2 | 4 |
| Swan 45 | 13.8 m | 3.91 m | 2.80 m | 8.8 t | 131 m² | 31.1 | 20 | 52 |
| Swan 42 | 13.0 m | 3.93 m | 2.70 m | 7.3 t | 109 m² | 29.6 | 23 | 52 |
| Boat | Sail no. | Skipper or owner | Years | Results | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clem | — | Jaime Olazábal | 2021–2023 | 4 | 2 |
| Clem Primero | — | Pedro Amengual | 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| Race | Results of this design | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruta de la Sal Rumbo Ibiza | 5 | 3 | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025 |