| Swan 42 | |
| Image Boat: | File:Swan 42 Designed by Ron Holland 2.jpg |
| Designer: | Ron Holland |
| Location: | Finland |
| Year: | 1980 |
| No Built: | 38 |
| Builder: | Oy Nautor AB |
| Role: | Cruiser-Racer |
| Draft: | 7.8feet |
| Displacement: | 220000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | glassfibre |
| Loa: | 42feet |
| Lwl: | 33.83feet |
| Beam: | 12.96feet |
| Engine: | Perkins Engines 4-108 400NaN0 diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 92000NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | Spade-type rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 54.9feet |
| J: | 16.7feet |
| P: | 48.8feet |
| E: | 14.1feet |
| Sailplan: | Masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 343square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 686square feet |
| Sailarea Spin: | 1647square feet |
| Sailarea Upwind: | 1029square feet |
| Sailarea Downwind: | 1990square feet |
| 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]
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]
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 220000NaN0 and carries 92000NaN0 of lead ballast.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
The boat has a draft of 7.8feet with the standard keel and 5.92feet 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 400NaN0 for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[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 1647square feet.[4] [5]
The design has a hull speed of 7.79kn and a PHRF handicap of 78-87 with the fin keel and 87 with the shoal draft keel.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [14]