Who owns Nautor Swan?
OY Nautor Ab, a Finland boat builder owns Nautor Swan. OY Nautor AB was founded in 1966 by Pekka Koskenkyla in Pietarsaari, Finland. This boat builder builds a very popular Swan series of sailboats, so sometimes people refer to this company as Nautor Swan.
Nautor Swan’s main head office is in Pietarsaari, Finland, and it’s 2nd headquarter is in Florence, Italy. Nautor Swan’s 2 main shipbuilding facilities are at Pietarsaari and Kallby, Finland.
Where are Nautor Swans made?
The majority of Nautor Swans are made in Pietarsaari, Finland its main facility. Besides Pietarsaari, it has 3 more facilities located at Kallby, Jacobstad, and knobby. These 3 facilities are usually for mould, assembly, or carpenter purposes.
Is Nautor Swan custom-made?
Nautor Swan is a series of custom-made, luxury sailboats/yachts.
Nautor Swan’s founder Pekka Koskenkyla has an aim at the very beginning to produce high-quality and high-performance sailing yachts for passionate boat lovers.
Nautor Swan claims to have a fully integrated in-house building process, starting from design to details until all way to final testing, all these steps are fulfilled inside Nautor Swan’s facility.
How many kinds of boats does Nautor Swan produce?
Based on Nautor Swan company, it has delivered over 2350 yachts since 1966.
There are basically 4 types of Swan Yachts currently in production.
- MAXI Swan Yachts
- Swan 88
- Swan 98
- Swan 108
- Swan 120
- Swan Yachts
- Swan 48
- Swan 54
- Swan 55
- Swan 58
- Swan 65
- Swan 78
- ClubSwan Yachts
- Clubswan 36
- Clubswan 50
- Clubswan 80
- Clubswan 125
SwanShadow
Nautor Swan did not produce any powerboat until 2021. Swan Shadow a 42′ motor yacht is the first powerboat built by Nautor Swan.
Swan shadow has an overall length of 43.4ft, with 3x225HP standard outboard engines
The standard layout Swanshadow price is approximately $440,000.
What is the smallest Swan sailboat?
Swan 36 or Clubswan 36 are the smallest Swan sailboats.
Swan 36 is the 1st Swan yacht that has built between the years 1967~1970. Swan 36 is not in production anymore. Because of the popularity of Swan 36 so Nautor Swan started building Clubswan 36 in the year 2019.
The overall length of Clubswan36 is 36 ft with maximum people capacity of 6. This boat is built for performance so it has a good record in racing and cruising, Clubswan36 can reach 20 knots easily. Clubswan 36 is a good boat for beginners and experienced sailors.
The approximate price for a new standard Clubswan 36 is $390,000. The used Swan36 in the year 1989 is in the price range of $90,000~$140,000.
Here is a good video on sailing on Clubswan 36
What is the biggest Swan sailboat?
Both Swan120 and Clubswan 125 are super yachts in Swam family. Swan120’s price is approximately $16million. Clubswan125 is about 16 feet longer than Swan 120.
Clubswan 125 is the biggest Swan sailboat. The overall length is 42.62 meter, almost 140 feet long. It takes roughly 4 years to build this giant sailboat and the estimated price is about $20million.
The highlight part of Clubswan 125 is its lightweight, racing capability as a supermaxi yacht. Although it is big, it is fast.
Popular yachts of Nautor Swan
Swan 36, 38, 40, 48, 55, 65 are all popular designs inside Swan family.
Swan 36/ Clubswan 36
Swan 36 is one of the most popular design among Nautor Swan family, unfortunately, this sailboat is not in production any more. Clubswan 36 replaced Swan 36 in the year 2019.
Clubswan 50
Clubswan 50 is the other popular design of Clubswan division. Clubswan 50 is designed for weekend cruise or sports cruise, so it has comfortable interior layout and speed. The price of a new Clubswan50 is about $1.3million.
Swan 38/ Swan 47
Swan 38 and Swan 47 are very popular designs but is not in production anymore. The price of Swan 38 in year 1977 is in the range $60,000~$140,000. The price of Swan 47 in year 1977 is in the range $170,000~$190,000.
Swan 48
Swan 48 is the smallest sailboat in Swan division, which is also in production currently. Nautor Swan company declared that Swan 48 is one of the best of all times. This design won numerous offshore races such as the Bermuda Race, Transtlantic Race etc.
The price of Swan 48 in year 1998 is around $400,000. The price of a new Swan 48 is approximately $1 million.
Swan 55/ Swan 65
Swan 55 and Swan 65 are both seaworthy, elegant and timeless yachts. They are designed for comfortable long voyage cruise. The highlight part of new Swan 55 are its transformer tables and extra long swimming platform. The noticeable part of Swan 65 is its optional interional layout owner forward and owner aft, plus other options of bunks, crew quarters and navigation area.
The price of Swan 55 in year 1995 is about $300,000.
The price of a new Swan 65 is approximately $3million. The price of a Swan 65 in year 1980 is around $450,000.
Are Swan yachts good?
Nautor Swan yachts have a reputation of high quality, fine details and high performance in the yacht market. It’s above average market price also proves their high quality.
Swan yachts are luxury yachts. It’s luxlury shows on its interior material, fine details and fast on racing.
The high re-sale value of Swan yachts again proves it’s high reputation.
Below is a good video to illustrate how the Swan yacht is made
Famous Swan events
If you are a Swan owner, do not miss below remarkable Swan events.
- Rolex Swan Cup
- Held in Porto Cervo, Sardinia
- Rolex Swan Cup Caribbean
- Held in the British Virgin Islands
- Swan European Regatta
- In the Copenhagen, DEN in 2022
- Swan American Regatta
- Held in Newport, Rhode Island
- The Nations Trophy
- A biennial event to promote Swan one design racing between nations
- This regatta is open to Clubswan 50, 45, 42, etc.
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