Swan 42
Development
DesignerRon Holland
LocationFinland
Year1980
No. built38
Builder(s)Oy Nautor AB
RoleCruiser-Racer
NameSwan 42
Boat
Displacement22,000 lb (9,979 kg)
Draft7.80 ft (2.38 m)
Hull
Typemonohull
Constructionglassfibre
LOA42.00 ft (12.80 m)
LWL33.83 ft (10.31 m)
Beam12.96 ft (3.95 m)
Engine typePerkins Engines 4-108 40 hp (30 kW) diesel engine
Hull appendages
Keel/board typefin keel
Ballast9,200 lb (4,173 kg)
Rudder(s)Spade-type rudder
Rig
Rig typeBermuda rig
I foretriangle height54.90 ft (16.73 m)
J foretriangle base16.70 ft (5.09 m)
P mainsail luff48.80 ft (14.87 m)
E mainsail foot14.10 ft (4.30 m)
Sails
SailplanMasthead sloop
Mainsail area343 sq ft (31.9 m2)
Jib/genoa area686 sq ft (63.7 m2)
Spinnaker area1,647 sq ft (153.0 m2)
Upwind sail area1,029 sq ft (95.6 m2)
Downwind sail area1,990 sq ft (185 m2)
Racing
PHRF78-87

The Swan 42 is a Finnish sailboat that was designed by Ron Holland as a cruiser-racer and first built in 1980.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Production

The design was built by Oy Nautor AB in Finland, from 1980 to 1985, with 38 boats completed, but it is now out of production.[1][2][3][4][5]

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Design

Swan 42 showing the transom

The boat was based on the 1979 Admiral's Cup design, Regardless, the only boat to win two races in that regatta. It uses a deck and interior derived from the Swan 441 and Swan 44.[13]

The Swan 42 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, with a keel-stepped mast, two sets of unswept spreaders and aluminium spars with 1X19 stainless steel wire rigging. The hull has a raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel or optional shoal-draft keel. It displaces 22,000 lb (9,979 kg) and carries 9,200 lb (4,173 kg) of lead ballast.[1][2][3][4][5]

The boat has a draft of 7.80 ft (2.38 m) with the standard keel and 5.92 ft (1.80 m) with the optional shoal draft keel.[1][2][3][4][5]

The boat is fitted with a British Perkins Engines 4-108 diesel engine of 40 hp (30 kW) for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds 42 U.S. gallons (160 L; 35 imp gal) and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 79 U.S. gallons (300 L; 66 imp gal).[1][2][3][4][5]

The design has sleeping accommodation for nine people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, an L-shaped settee and a straight settee in the main cabin along with two pilot berths and an aft cabin with a double berth on the starboard side and a single berth to port. The galley is located on the port 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. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The head is located aft of the companionway on the starboard.[1][2][4][5]

For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of 1,647 sq ft (153.0 m2).[4][5]

The design has a hull speed of 7.79 kn (14.43 km/h) and a PHRF handicap of 78-87 with the fin keel and 87 with the shoal draft keel.[1][2][3][4][5][14]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 McArthur, Bruce (2023). "Swan 42". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sea Time Tech, LLC (2023). "Swan 42". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ulladulla. "Swan 42". Sailboat Lab. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Swan 42 Standard Sailboat specifications". Boat-Specs.com. 2023. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Swan 42 Shoal draft Sailboat specifications". Boat-Specs.com. 2023. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  6. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2023). "Ron Holland". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  7. ↑ Sea Time Tech, LLC (2023). "Ron Holland". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Ron Holland Design Sailboat designer". Boat-Specs.com. 2023. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  9. ↑ "The Boats". The Spirit of Swan. Yachting Library S.r.L. 1 October 2002. pp. 244 Onwards. ISBN 88-87737-18-5.
  10. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2023). "Nautor (Swan sailboats)". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  11. ↑ Sea Time Tech, LLC (2023). "Nautor (Swan sailboats)". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  12. ↑ "Nautor's Swan Sailboat builder". Boat-Specs.com. 2023. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  13. ↑ Nautor (May 1980). "Nautor News". Yachting. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  14. ↑ US Sailing (2023). "PHRF Handicaps". ussailing.org. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
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