ClubSwan 50

ClubSwan 50

Development
Designer	Juan Kouyoumdjian Michele Bönan
Location	Finland
Year	2015
Builder(s)	Oy Nautor AB
Role	Racer-Cruiser
Name	ClubSwan 50
Boat
Crew	Eight
Displacement	18,188 lb (8,250 kg)
Draft	11.48 ft (3.50 m)
Hull
Type	monohull
Construction	carbon fibre with a foam core
LOA	50.00 ft (15.24 m)
LWL	45.93 ft (14.00 m)
Beam	13.78 ft (4.20 m)
Engine type	Volvo D2-40 40 hp (30 kW) diesel engine
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	Fin keel
Ballast	7,605 lb (3,450 kg)
Rudder(s)	Dual spade-type rudders
Rig
Rig type	Bermuda rig
I foretriangle height	65.22 ft (19.88 m)
J foretriangle base	20.67 ft (6.30 m)
P mainsail luff	65.75 ft (20.04 m)
E mainsail foot	23.72 ft (7.23 m)
Sails
Sailplan	Fractional rigged sloop
Mainsail area	1,001 sq ft (93.0 m^2)
Jib/genoa area	699 sq ft (64.9 m^2)
Gennaker area	2,530 sq ft (235 m^2)
Upwind sail area	1,700 sq ft (160 m^2)
Downwind sail area	3,531 sq ft (328.0 m^2)

The ClubSwan 50 is a Finnish sailboat that was designed by Juan Kouyoumdjian as a one design and International Rating Certificate racer-cruiser, first built in 2015. The interior was designed by Michele Bönan.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][excessive citations]}

The boat was designed for the 50th anniversary of the founding of the manufacturer, Nautor's Swan, and was the result of a design competition the company held in 2015. The competition specified "a contemporary, fast, competitive one-design that could sail offshore and be converted to a sports cruiser sailed with limited crew." It also added, "in one word, this yacht has to be cool." The boat was also intended as a class to compete for the Nation's Cup.^{[8][9][10][11]}

The design was Kouyoumdjian's first for Nautor and led to him designing other ClubSwan series racing boats, including the ClubSwan 36, 80 and the 125.^{[8][9][10][11]}

The ClubSwan 50 was accepted as a World Sailing international class in 2018.^[12]

Production

The boat design was publicly announced on 6 October 2015 and has been built by Oy Nautor AB in a new plant in Kalby, Finland, since 2015. As of 2023^[update] it remained in production.^{[1][2][6][7][9][13][14][15]}

Design

The ClubSwan 50 is a racing keelboat, built predominantly of pre-preg carbon fibre, with a foam core and a teak-faced deck. It has a fractional sloop rig with a fixed bowsprit and square-topped mainsail, a deck-stepped mast, three sets of swept spreaders and carbon fibre spars. The hull has hard chines, a negative sheer, a reverse dreadnought stem; an open transom; dual, internally mounted, sawtoothed, spade-type rudders controlled by dual wheels and a fixed, high modulus, carbon fibre fin keel with weighted bulb or an optional shoal-draft keel. It displaces 18,188 lb (8,250 kg) empty and carries 7,605 lb (3,450 kg) of lead ballast.^{[1][2][6][8][7][15]}

The boat has a draft of 11.48 ft (3.50 m) with the standard keel and 7.2 ft (2.2 m) with the optional shoal draft keel.^[1][2]

The boat is fitted with a Swedish Volvo D2-40 diesel engine of 40 hp (30 kW) for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds 45 U.S. gallons (170 L; 37 imp gal) and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 63 U.S. gallons (240 L; 52 imp gal).^[1][2]

The design has standard sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double island berth in the bow cabin, two L-shaped settees in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a double berth on the port side. The galley is located on the starboard side just aft of the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a sink. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on both sides and includes a shower. A third cabin with a double berth may be installed starboard aft, to provide a total of sleeping space for six people.^[1][2][6]

For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with an asymmetrical spinnaker of 2,530 sq ft (235 m²). The boat has a hull speed of 9.08 kn (16.82 km/h).^[1][2]

Operational history

In a 2016 Sailing Magazine design review, naval architect Robert Perry wrote, "this is a very exciting looking design ... I like the look of the hull with the reverse sheerline ... I find the subtle reverse to the sheerline of the 50 to be quite attractive and racy looking. The bow profile is reversed also. I'm not sure I'd call it 'wave piercing' but that term is being used almost generically on any bow with a reverse to the profile ... Imagine cruising for the weekend in this boat with another couple. You’ll be chasing down boats to pass all weekend. I don’t think that ever gets old."^[16]

In a 2016 review, Peter Nielsen wrote, "Nautor's Swan turned to Argentine wunderkind Juan Kouyoumdjian for its latest one-design racer, and the result is a spectacular-looking boat. The ClubSwan 50 is right on the bleeding edge of design; the axe bow with its jutting carbon fiber prod combine with the low freeboard and reverse sheer to give it a take-no-prisoners look, while the generously flared stern sections, long hull chines and twin rudders promise high-speed planing under perfect control."^[17]

In a 2016 Yachting World review during the first sail after the design's launch, Toby Hodges enthused, "the ClubSwan 50 is quite simply the most extreme-looking production yacht I’ve seen. No computer-enhanced renderings could do justice to seeing this yacht for the first time. She is fantastically awesome."^[8]

Events

Main page: Template:ClubSwan 50 World Championship medallists

See also

• List of sailing boat types

References

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6. Nautor. "ClubSwan 50". nautorswan.com. Archived from the original on 13 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
7. Hodges, Toby (1 October 2015). "Nautor's Swan announces an exhilarating new ClubSwan 50 one-design by Juan K for its 50th birthday". Yachting World. Archived from the original on 13 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
8. Hodges, Toby (14 October 2016). "ClubSwan 50 on test: the most extreme production yacht we've ever seen". Yachting World. Archived from the original on 13 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
9. Nautor's Swan (6 October 2015). "ClubSwan 50". Sailing World. Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
10. Bamford, Emma (27 November 2015). "ClubSwan 50". Sailing Today. Archived from the original on 13 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
11. "ClubSwan 50 designed by Juan Kouyoumidjian". Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 30 October 2015. Archived from the original on 13 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
12. World Sailing (2018). "WS50". sailing.org. Archived from the original on 13 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
13. McArthur, Bruce (2023). "Nautor (Swan sailboats)". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
14. Sea Time Tech, LLC (2023). "Nautor (Swan sailboats)". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
15. Hodges, Toby (9 September 2016). "Video: We test the radical and classy new ClubSwan 50 from Nautor's Swan". Yachting World. Archived from the original on 13 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
16. Perry, Robert H. (25 January 2016). "Club Swan 50". Sailing Magazine. Archived from the original on 13 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
17. Nielsen, Peter (6 July 2016). "New Boats: ClubSwan 50, Gemini Freestyle 37 & Hanse 675". Sail Magazine. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

External links

• Official website