Swan 42

Swan 42

Development
Designer	Ron Holland
Location	Finland
Year	1980
No. built	38
Builder(s)	Oy Nautor AB
Role	Cruiser-Racer
Name	Swan 42
Boat
Displacement	22,000 lb (9,979 kg)
Draft	7.80 ft (2.38 m)
Hull
Type	monohull
Construction	glassfibre
LOA	42.00 ft (12.80 m)
LWL	33.83 ft (10.31 m)
Beam	12.96 ft (3.95 m)
Engine type	Perkins Engines 4-108 40 hp (30 kW) diesel engine
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	fin keel
Ballast	9,200 lb (4,173 kg)
Rudder(s)	Spade-type rudder
Rig
Rig type	Bermuda rig
I foretriangle height	54.90 ft (16.73 m)
J foretriangle base	16.70 ft (5.09 m)
P mainsail luff	48.80 ft (14.87 m)
E mainsail foot	14.10 ft (4.30 m)
Sails
Sailplan	Masthead sloop
Mainsail area	343 sq ft (31.9 m2)
Jib/genoa area	686 sq ft (63.7 m2)
Spinnaker area	1,647 sq ft (153.0 m2)
Upwind sail area	1,029 sq ft (95.6 m2)
Downwind sail area	1,990 sq ft (185 m2)
Racing
PHRF	78-87

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

• List of sailing boat types

References

1. McArthur, Bruce (2023). "Swan 42". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
2. Sea Time Tech, LLC (2023). "Swan 42". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
3. Ulladulla. "Swan 42". Sailboat Lab. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
4. "Swan 42 Standard Sailboat specifications". Boat-Specs.com. 2023. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
5. "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.

External links

• Media related to Swan 42 at Wikimedia Commons