Swan 76 Explained
| Swan 76 |
| Designer: | Sparkman & Stephens |
| Location: | Finland |
| Year: | 1979 |
| No Built: | 5 |
| Builder: | Oy Nautor AB |
| Role: | Racer-Cruiser |
| Draft: | 12feet |
| Displacement: | 987000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | glassfibre |
| Loa: | 76.31feet |
| Lwl: | 61.33feet |
| Beam: | 19.03feet |
| Engine: | Mercedes-Benz OM 402 2000NaN0 diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 240000NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | Skeg-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 87.25feet |
| J: | 27.7feet |
| P: | 79feet |
| E: | 21.6feet |
| Sailplan: | Ketch |
| Sailarea Main: | 853.2square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 1812.6square feet |
| Sailarea Spin: | 4350square feet |
| Sails Other: | Mizzen 386.9square feet
Mizzen staysail: 1075square feet
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| Sailarea Total: | 2449square feet |
The Swan 76 is a Finnish sailboat that was designed by Sparkman & Stephens as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1979.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Production
The design was built by Oy Nautor AB in Finland, from 1979 to 1981, with five boats completed, but it is now out of production.[1] [2] [3] [4] [7] [8] [9]
Design
The Swan 76 is a racing keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim. It has a masthead ketch rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel or optional stub keel and centreboard. It was produced in both flush deck and deckhouse arrangements.[1] [2] [3] [4] [7]
The boat is fitted with a German Mercedes-Benz OM 402 diesel engine of 2000NaN0 for docking and manoeuvring.[1] [2] [3] [4] [7]
For sailing downwind the boat may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of 4350square feet. The design has a hull speed of 10.49kn.[1] [2] [3] [4] [7]
Variants
- Swan 76
This fixed keel, flush deck, maxi yacht racing model displaces 987000NaN0 and carries 240000NaN0 of lead ballast. The boat has a draft of 12feet with the standard fin keel. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1] [2] [3] [4] [7]
- Swan 76 DH
This centreboard, deck house cruising model displaces 1055000NaN0 and carries 298000NaN0 of ballast. The boat has a draft of 12feet with the centreboard down and 7.6feet with it retracted. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1] [2] [3] [4] [7] See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Swan 76. 16 April 2023. McArthur. Bruce. sailboatdata.com. 2023. https://archive.today/20230416135557/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/swan-76/. 16 April 2023. live.
- Web site: Swan 76 DH. 16 April 2023. McArthur. Bruce. sailboatdata.com. 2023. https://archive.today/20230416135621/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/swan-76-dh/. 16 April 2023. live.
- Web site: Swan 76. 16 April 2023. Sea Time Tech, LLC. sailboat.guide. 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230409112240/https://sailboat.guide/nautor/swan-76. 9 April 2023. live.
- Web site: Swan 76 DH. 16 April 2023. Sea Time Tech, LLC. sailboat.guide. 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230409001924/https://sailboat.guide/nautor/swan-76-dh. 9 April 2023. live.
- Web site: Sparkman & Stephens. 16 April 2023. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2023. https://archive.today/20200810200933/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/sparkman-stephens. 10 August 2020. live.
- Web site: Sparkman & Stephens. 16 April 2023. Sea Time Tech, LLC. sailboat.guide. 2023. https://archive.today/20220621155228/https://sailboat.guide/sparkman-stephens. 21 June 2022. live.
- Web site: Swan 76. 16 April 2023. S&S Swan Association. classicswan.org. 2023. https://archive.today/20230416135557/https://www.classicswan.org/swan_76.php. 16 April 2023. live.
- Web site: Nautor (Swan sailboats). 16 April 2023. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2023. https://archive.today/20220407233954/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/nautor-swan-sailboats. 7 April 2022. live.
- Web site: Nautor (Swan sailboats). 16 April 2023. Sea Time Tech, LLC. sailboat.guide. 2023. https://archive.today/20230406230707/https://sailboat.guide/nautor. 6 April 2023. live.
