Nautor's Swan
{{Short description|Finnish sailboat building company}}
File:Vela Parasailor.jpg (2004–2015) at the Swan Cup 2008]]
Oy Nautor AB is a Finnish producer of luxury sailing yachts, based in Jakobstad. It is known for its Nautor's Swan range of yachts models. The company was founded in 1966 by Pekka Koskenkylä.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/nautor-swan-sailboats|title = Nautor (Swan sailboats)|access-date = 20 June 2023|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2023|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220407233954/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/nautor-swan-sailboats|archive-date= 7 April 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/nautor|title= Nautor (Swan sailboats)|access-date= 20 June 2023|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2023|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230406230707/https://sailboat.guide/nautor|archive-date= 6 April 2023|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/nautor-s-swan|title = Nautor's Swan Sailboat builder|access-date = 20 June 2023|work = Boat-Specs.com|year= 2023|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230406231235/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/nautor-s-swan|archive-date= 6 April 2023|url-status= live}}
The designers
Nautor has worked with four naval architects for its production sailing yachts. Nautor's custom division have also built Luca Brenta and Bill Tripp designs. Powerboats have been designed by Don Shead and Jakko Jamson.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}
=1960s to 1970s - Sparkman & Stephens=
The original designer Sparkman & Stephens had a long association with Nautor and were responsible for the first 775 yachts sold. These early designs combined a luxurious interior in a fiberglass hull with features that were then current in successful racing boats, such as the separation of the skeg-hung rudder from the keel. They won numerous races including Cowes Week in 1968,{{cite web|url= http://bluewaterboats.org/sparkman-and-stephens-swan-36/|title= Sparkman and Stephens Swan 36|access-date= 6 April 2023|work= Blue Water Boats|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200803095903/https://bluewaterboats.org/sparkman-and-stephens-swan-36/|archive-date= 3 August 2020|url-status= dead}} the Bermuda Race in 1972 by a Swan 48 ('Noryema VIII', the first non-USA yacht and the first production yacht ever to win that race), followed by even bigger success in 1974, when a ketch rigged Swan 65 by the name Sayula II won the first ever Whitbread Round the World Race.{{cite web|url= http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/history/1_history_1973-1974.html|title= 1973–1974 / Overview, Volvo Ocean Race History|access-date= 6 April 2023|author= Volvo Ocean Race|author-link= The Ocean Race|work= volvooceanrace.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022000828/http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/history/1_history_1973-1974.html |archive-date= 22 October 2013|url-status= dead}} In 2016, this adventure was presented in a documentary film, The Weekend Sailor.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theweekendsailor.com/|title=The Weekend Sailor {{!}}|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-25}}
=1970s to 1980s - Ron Holland=
During the mid to late 1970s the designs from Sparkman & Stephens were not as successful on the race course. Ron Holland started his tenure as designer for Nautor's Swan in the late 1970s, creating six models of which 283 yachts were sold.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}
=1980s to Present - Frers Design=
In the 1980s, Nautor's Swan entered a new era with the appointment of Argentinian Germán Frers as designer. Over 900 yachts have been produced so far. The yard has continued to stay with Frers, and the hull designs have continued to follow modern trends. However the Frers designs have moved away from its production cruiser/racer background into luxury high end larger cruising yachts.
=2010s to Present - Juan Kouyoumdjian=
To mark a return to selling racer-cruiser sailboats and the company's 50th Anniversary, a design competition led to Nautor working with Juan Kouyoumdjian to create the ClubSwan 50.{{cite web|url= https://www.sailingworld.com/club-swan-50/|title= ClubSwan 50|access-date= 13 June 2023|author= Nautor's Swan|author-link= Nautor's Swan|work= Sailing World|date= 6 October 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220121145000/https://www.sailingworld.com/club-swan-50/|archive-date= 21 January 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite news|url= https://www.sailingtoday.co.uk/boats/at-a-glance/clubswan-50/|title= ClubSwan 50|access-date= 13 June 2023|last= Bamford|first= Emma|work= Sailing Today|date= 27 November 2015|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230613170008/https://www.sailingtoday.co.uk/boats/at-a-glance/clubswan-50/|archive-date= 13 June 2023|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2015/10/30/clubswan-50-designed-by-juan-kouyoumidjian/|title= ClubSwan 50 designed by Juan Kouyoumidjian|access-date= 13 June 2023|work= Scuttlebutt Sailing News|date= 30 October 2015|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230613170007/https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2015/10/30/clubswan-50-designed-by-juan-kouyoumidjian/|archive-date= 13 June 2023|url-status= live}}
=Styling=
Additional architects have collaborated with Frers in terms of styling. Most notably Andrew Winch on the styling of the Swan 36 Frers and Swan 44 Mk I. Beiderbeck Design came up with the overall concept and interior for the Swan 105 which at this size is almost semi custom.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}
Ownership
In late 1969 the assembly hall of the Nautor's Swan boat yard burnt to the ground, destroying a dozen hulls in various stages of production. As a result, Pekka Koskenkylä was forced to sell stakes of Nautor's Swan to Wilhelm Schauman Oy (UPM) in order to finance the rebuilding of the yard and to restart production.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}
From 1998 on, Italian businessman Leonardo Ferragamo and a group of investors have controlled and managed Nautor's Swan, continuing to push forward innovations and changes intended to place Swan yachts at the forefront of the international sailing world.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}
The Nautor yard
Since the foundation of the company in 1966, a little over 2,000 Swan yachts have been produced, ranging from 36 to 131 feet in length. The firm employs about 400 staff, and an almost similar number of indirect staff.{{clarify|date=October 2019}}{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}
The historical plant in Kållby, just outside Jakobstad, is dedicated to plug and mould fabrication and the lamination of all Swans' hulls, using an advanced and fully computerized milling machine to shape the moulds. Another part of the plant is dedicated to the assembly of the smaller size yachts. The Kållby plant also includes an in-door water facility to test the yachts prior to delivery.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}
In 2002, a new yard, close to the sea, has been opened in Jakobstad. The new yard is dedicated to the assembly of "Maxi" Swan Yachts, from the Swan 60 to the Swan 115.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}
The third plant is in Kronoby, close to Jakobstad, and it is here that expert carpenters work, dedicated to the hand-made preparation of the wood interiors, which have become a feature of all Swan yachts. A sample of the wood of each yacht is kept at the factory so that an exact replacement could be made if required.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}
In August 2012, a Swan 90S named Freya was the 2000th Swan to be built and launched by the yard.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}
Club Swan
Club Swan is a non-profit organization whose members are present, past and future Swan yacht owners. The club house is located at the Segelsällskapet Yacht Club in Jakobstad, Finland. Leonardo Ferragamo is the chairman of the club. Among the honorary members are the former King Juan Carlos I of Spain, Pekka Koskenkylä, German Frers, Ron Holland and Lady Pippa Blake, wife of deceased Peter Blake.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}
The highlight of the racing calendar for Swan owners is the biennial "Rolex Swan Cup", held in Porto Cervo, Sardinia in association with the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, which traditionally embodies "The Spirit of Swan" in its glamour and quality of sailing. Since 2013, a "Rolex Swan Cup Caribbean" regatta has been held at the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda's clubhouse in the British Virgin Islands. This event at Virgin Gorda is held on alternate years to the Mediterranean one. Two other well known biennial events have been the "Swan European Regatta", usually taking place in the waters of Cowes in association with the Royal Yacht Squadron; and the "Swan American Regatta" taking place in the waters of Newport Rhode Island, in association with the New York Yacht Club.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}
In 2017, The Nations Trophy was launched as a biennial event to promote Swan one design racing between nations. The regatta is open to ClubSwan 50s, Swan 45s and ClubSwan 42s. Various European and World Championships, between the individual one design classes, have also been incorporated into this competition.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}
The ClubSwan is a brand based yacht club that also organises and runs a series of annual cruising rendezvous and regattas. Together with helping promote develop the ClubSwan 36 and ClubSwan 50 and previously the ClubSwan 42, Swan 45, Swan 60 FD, Swan 601 and the "Swan Maxi Class".{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}
Models
=Nautor Swan - Productions Yachts=
Swan production yacht models are listed below:
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| width=100|Model
!width=70|Version !width=80|Years !width=150|Designer !width=50|Built !width=50|Ref. |
|---|
| colspan="2"| Swan 36
|align="center"|1967–1970 |Sparkman & Stephens |align="right"|90 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 36 Frers
|align="center"|1988–1996 |Germán Frers |align="right"|55 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 37
|align="center"|1970–1974 |Sparkman & Stephens |align="right"|59 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 371
|align="center"|1979–1986 |Ron Holland |align="right"|87 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 38
|align="center"|1974–1979 |Sparkman & Stephens |align="right"|116 |
| rowspan="2"| Swan 39
|Racing |align="center"|1978–1979 |Ron Holland |align="right"|12 |
| Cruising
|align="center"|1978–1980 |Ron Holland |align="right"|21 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 391
|align="center"|1981–1987 |Ron Holland |align="right"|52 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 40
|align="center"|1970–1972 |Sparkman & Stephens |align="right"|51 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 40 Frers
|align="center"|1992–2001 |Germán Frers |align="right"|58 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 41
|align="center"|1973–1977 |Sparkman & Stephens |align="right"|61 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 411
|align="center"|1977–1979 |Sparkman & Stephens |align="right"|42 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 42
|align="center"|1980–1985 |Ron Holland |align="right"|38 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 43
|align="center"|1969–1972 |Sparkman & Stephens |align="right"|67 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 431
|align="center"|1976 |Sparkman & Stephens |align="right"|32 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 43 Holland
|align="center"|1985–1990 |Ron Holland |align="right"|28 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 44
|align="center"|1972–1975 |Sparkman & Stephens |align="right"|76 |
| rowspan="2"| Swan 441
|Racing |align="center"|1978–1979 |Ron Holland |align="right"|5 |
| Cruising
|align="center"|1979–1982 |Ron Holland |align="right"|40 |
| rowspan="2"| Swan 44 Frers
|Mk I |align="center"|1989–1994 |Germán Frers |align="right"|19 |
| Mk II
|align="center"|1996–2002 |Germán Frers |align="right"|50 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 45 OD
|align="center"|2002–2010 |Germán Frers |align="right"|50 |
| rowspan="2"| Swan 46
|Mk I |align="center"|1983–1989 |Germán Frers |align="right"|109 |
| Mk II
|align="center"|1989–1997 |Germán Frers |align="right"|28 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 46 Mk III
|align="center"|2004–2007 |Germán Frers |align="right"|25 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 47
|align="center"|1975–1984 |Sparkman & Stephens |align="right"|70 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 47-2
|align="center"|1976–1984 |Sparkman & Stephens |align="right"|10 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 48
|align="center"|1971–1975 |Sparkman & Stephens |align="right"|46 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 48 Frers
|align="center"|1995–2003 |Germán Frers |align="right"|57 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 48-3 Frers
|align="center"|2019– |Germán Frers |align="right"| 50+ | |
| colspan="2"|ClubSwan 50
|align="center"|2015– |Juan Kouyoumdjian |align="right"| 28 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 51
|align="center"|1981–1985 |Germán Frers |align="right"|36 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 51 Mk2
|align="center"|2024- |Germán Frers |align="right"|CONCEPT | |
| colspan="2"| Swan 53 Mk I
|align="center"|1986–1994 |Germán Frers |align="right"|50 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 53 Mk II
|align="center"|2004–2015 |Germán Frers |align="right"|20 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 54
|align="center"|2016–2020 |Germán Frers |align="right"| |
| colspan="2"| Swan 55
|align="center"|1970–1974 |Sparkman & Stephens |align="right"|16 |
| Swan 55CC Frers
|CC |align="center"|1990–1996 |Germán Frers |align="right"|22 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 55 Frers
|align="center"| 2021–Present |Germán Frers |align="right"|10+ |
| colspan="2"| Swan 56
|align="center"|1996–2006 |Germán Frers |align="right"|46 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 57
|align="center"|1977–1984 |Sparkman & Stephens |align="right"|49 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 57CC Frers
|align="center"|1990–1997 |Germán Frers |align="right"|22 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 57 RS
|align="center"|1996–2001 |Germán Frers |align="right"|10 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 58
|align="center"|2021–Present |Germán Frers |align="right"| |
| colspan="2"|Swan 59
|align="center"|1984–1990 |Germán Frers |align="right"|21 |
| colspan="2"|Swan 60
|align="center"|1994–1997 |Germán Frers |align="right"| |
| rowspan="2"|Swan 60 FD
|FD |align="center"|2009–2017 |Germán Frers |align="right"|10 |
| RS
|align="center"|2009–2017 |Germán Frers |align="right"|1 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 601
|align="center"|2004–2007 |Germán Frers |align="right"|6 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 61
|align="center"|1985–1990 |Germán Frers |align="right"|14 |
| rowspan="2"|Swan 62
|RS |align="center"|2001–2003 |Germán Frers |align="right"| |
| FD
|align="center"|2004–2006 |Germán Frers |align="right"| |
| rowspan="2"| Swan 65
|Ketch |rowspan="2"| 1972–1989 |rowspan="2"| Sparkman & Stephens |rowspan="2"| 41 |
| Sloop |
| colspan="2"| Swan 65 Frers
|Germán Frers |align="right"|7 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 651
|align="center"|1982–1991 |Germán Frers |align="right"|19 |
| rowspan="2"| Swan 66
|FD |align="center"|2007–2017 |Germán Frers |align="right"| |
| S
|align="center"|2007–2017 |Germán Frers |align="right"| |
| colspan="2"| Swan 68
|align="center"|1991–2004 |Germán Frers |align="right"|24 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 70
|align="center"|2001–2005 |Germán Frers |align="right"|7 |
| rowspan="2"| Swan 75{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}
|FD |align="center"|2004–2012 |Germán Frers |align="right"| |
| RS
|align="center"|2004–2012 |Germán Frers |align="right"| |
| colspan="2"| Swan 76
|align="center"|1979–1981 |Sparkman & Stephens |align="right"|5 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 77
|align="center"|1992–2003 |Germán Frers |align="right"|10 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 78
|align="center"|2018–Present |Germán Frers |align="right"|5 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 80
|align="center"|1999–2004 |Germán Frees |align="right"|8 |
| rowspan="2"| Swan 80 Mk II
|FD |align="center"|2010–2016 |Germán Frers |align="right"|5 |
| S
|align="center"|2012–2016 |Germán Frers |align="right"| |
| colpan="2"| Swan 82
| S |align="center"|1999–2007 |Germán Frers |align="right"|7 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 80 Mk3
|align="center"|2024–Present |Germán Frers |align="right"|CONCEPT | |
| colspan="2"| Swan 86
|align="center"|1988–1990 |Germán Frers |align="right"|3 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 88{{cite web|url= https://www.nautorswan.com/yachts/models/swan88/|title= Swan 88|access-date= 14 June 2023|author= Nautor|author-link= Nautor's Swan|work= nautorswan.com|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230614192145/https://www.nautorswan.com/yachts/models/swan88/|archive-date= 14 June 2023|url-status= live}}
|align="center"|2023– |Germán Frers |align="right"|0 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 90
|align="center"|2008–2015 |Germán Frers |align="right"|12 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 95
|align="center"|2017–2018 |Germán Frers |align="right"|1 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 98{{cite web|url= https://www.nautorswan.com/yachts/models/swan98/|title= Swan 98|access-date= 15 June 2023|author= Nautor|author-link= Nautor's Swan|work= nautorswan.com|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230615230936/https://www.nautorswan.com/yachts/models/swan98/|archive-date= 15 June 2023|url-status= live}}
|align="center"|2020– |Germán Frers |align="right"|3 |
| rowspan="3"| Swan 100
|FD |align="center"|2002–2012 |Germán Frers |align="right"| |
| RS
|align="center"|2002–2006 |Germán Frers |align="right"| |
| S
|align="center"|2002–2012 |Germán Frers |align="right"| |
| colspan="2"| Swan 105 RS
|align="center"|2014–2016 |Germán Frers |align="right"|1 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 108{{cite web|url= https://www.nautorswan.com/yachts/models/swan108/|title= Swan 108|access-date= 16 June 2023|author= Nautor|author-link= Nautor's Swan|work= nautorswan.com|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230616203155/https://www.nautorswan.com/yachts/models/swan108/|archive-date= 16 June 2023|url-status= live}}
|align="center"|2023– |Germán Frers |align="right"|1 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 112 RS
|align="center"|1999–2006 |Germán Frers |align="right"| |
| colspan="2"| Swan 115
|align="center"|2015–2018 |Germán Frers |align="right"|4 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 120
|align="center"|2021– |Germán Frers |align="right"|2 |{{cite web|url= https://www.nautorswan.com/yachts/models/swan120/|title= Swan 120|access-date= 17 June 2023|author= Nautor|author-link= Nautor's Swan|work= nautorswan.com|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230617145335/https://www.nautorswan.com/yachts/models/swan120/|archive-date= 17 June 2023|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://www.autoevolution.com/news/16-million-will-buy-you-the-modular-swan-120-carbon-fiber-sailing-yacht-158416.html|title= $16 Million Will Buy You the Modular Swan 120 Carbon-Fiber Sailing Yacht|access-date= 17 June 2023|last= Curmei|first= Cristian|work= Autoevovution|date= 29 March 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230617145512/https://www.autoevolution.com/news/16-million-will-buy-you-the-modular-swan-120-carbon-fiber-sailing-yacht-158416.html|archive-date= 17 June 2023|url-status= live}} |
| colspan="2"| ClubSwan 125
|align="center"|2021– |Juan Kouyoumdjian |align="right"|1 |
| colspan="2"| Swan 128{{Cite web|url=https://www.nautorswan.com/yachts/models/swan128/|title=Swan 128 - Nautor's Swan}}
|align="center"|2025– |Germán Frers |align="right"|0 |{{cite web|url= https://yachtstyle.co/swan-128-announced/|title= Swan developing new flagship Maxi|access-date= 14 June 2023|work= Yacht Style|date= 13 October 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230614191302/https://yachtstyle.co/swan-128-announced/|archive-date= 14 June 2023|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://www.giornaledellavela.com/2022/10/07/swan-128/?lang=en|title= Swan 128 (39 m), German Frers' new sailing megayacht|access-date= 19 June 2023|work= Il Giornale del la Vela|date= 7 October 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230619115602/https://www.giornaledellavela.com/2022/10/07/swan-128/?lang=en|archive-date= 19 June 2023|url-status= live}} |
| colspan="2"| Swan 131
|align="center"|2006 |Germán Frers |align="right"|1 |
(CC = Centre Cockpit; FD = Flush Deck; RS = Raised Saloon; S = Semi-Raised Saloon; DH = Deck House) (Current Swanline in bold)
=Nautor Swan - Custom Yachts=
| class="wikitable" |
| width=100|Model
!width=70|Launch Year !width=110|Designer !width=150|Launch Name !|Notes |
|---|
| Nautor 102
|1986 |Ron Holland |Garuda | |
| Nautor 76
|2006 |Luca Brenta |Silandra V | |
| Nautor 78
|2007 |Bill Tripp |Valkyrie | |
| Swan 82
|2008 |Germán Frers |Polytropon II |The Swan 82 hull with a custom deck and interior |
=Swan designed, managed, sub-contracted and marketed yachts=
Swan production yacht models are listed below:
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Model
!width=80|Years !width=150|Designer !No Built !Builder !Ref. |
|---|
| ClubSwan 28
|2024- |Juan Kouyoumdjian |CONCEPT |Built in Spain | |
| ClubSwan 36
|2018– |Juan Kouyoumdjian |Unk |Built in Spain |
| ClubSwan 42
|2006–2013 |Germán Frers |58 |Moulded in Estonia |
| ClubSwan 43
|2024– |CONCEPT |Built by Future Fibre (GBR) |
| Volvo Ocean 60 - Amer Sports One
|2001 |1 |Built by Composite Works (FRA) |
| Volvo Ocean 60 - Amer Sports Too
|2001 |1 |Built by Composite Works (FRA) |
| ClubSwan 80
|2022– |1 |Built by Persico (ITA) |
=Nautor Swan - Productions Powerboats/Motorsailors=
| class="wikitable" |
| width=140|Model
!width=80|Years !width=150|Designer !width=50|Built !width=50|Note |
|---|
| Swan Shadow and Overshadow{{Cite web|url=https://www.swanshadow.net/shadow/|title=Swan Shadow, the first powerboat tender built by Nautor Swan}}
|2021 Onwards |Jarkko Jämsén | |Planing Dayboat |
| Swan Arrow
|2024 Onwards |Jarkko Jämsén | Concept |Planing Cruiser |
| Nautor 39
|1977–1978 |Sparkman & Stephens |Motorsailer |
| Nautor 40
|1972 |Don Shead | |Planing Cabin Cruiser |
| Nautor 43
|1976 – |Sparkman & Stephens |Motorsailer |
| Nautor 47
|1971–1972 |Don Shead |Planing Cabin Cruiser |
| Nautor 50
|1976–1978 |Sparkman & Stephens |Motorsailer |
See also
References
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External links
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