ANDANTE IV — BEL 555
Model: Swan 42
Updated
ANDANTE IV (BEL 555) is a Swan 42 designed by German Frers and built by Nautor Swan. She has been racing since 2025. Against a typical Swan 42 she is quicker on a beam reach.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats13
Race starts
0
Wins
8%
Podiums
73
Race Edge
Swan 42: 84
476.2s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
12.96 m
42′ 6″
Beam
3.91 m
Draft
2.74 m
Displacement
7.6 t
Sail area
111 m²
On the podium
Where ANDANTE IV finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
8%
of 13 starts · Swan 42 fleet: 35%
Wins
0%
In one-design racing: 0 podiums in 6 starts, counted apart: against identical boats a podium means something else.
Regattas
Every regatta we found with ANDANTE IV on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Rolex Swan CupOne-design2026878788
Loro Piana Giraglia2026122116
ORC European Championship 2025 / 43rd Copa del Rey MAPFRE2025211921211320212523
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Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat.
Round the buoys
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Not enough data yet: 8 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 5 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats ANDANTE IV meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (26)
Other competitors (29)
Met too few times for a figure.
GLEN ELLEN (Swan 42, 6 meetings), CRAB (XR 41, 4 meetings), DXARMA (XR 41, 4 meetings), L'IMMENS (, 4 meetings), ORION (First 45 (Briand), 4 meetings), BURAN (J/122, 4 meetings), FAVORIT (Farr 45, 4 meetings), FIXATION (Swan 46, 4 meetings), BIG WOOL (M 34, 4 meetings), MISS K CHECKMATE (Swan 45, 4 meetings), LAGERTHA (Swan 42, 4 meetings), ALEBI II (Grand Soleil 44 (Polli), 4 meetings), TEAM 42+1 (ClubSwan 43, 4 meetings), BLACK SAMURAI (Eleva 50, 4 meetings), CAPRICCIO CUBE (First 36, 4 meetings), CAPE CODE (Bavaria Match 42, 4 meetings), A'ASSIFA (First 45 (Briand), 4 meetings), GOZO DREAM (First 40.7, 4 meetings), TOMIRA CUBED (Grand Soleil 44 (Polli), 4 meetings), BELANA_O (First 40.7, 4 meetings), TWIN SOUL (First 45 (Briand), 4 meetings), ALL TOGETHER II (Comet 51, 4 meetings), MERSIN YELKEN AKADEMISI (Jv 56, 4 meetings), PAPAZULU (Rm 136, 4 meetings), GINGER_O (Marten 49, 4 meetings), CHEYENNE (Rodman 42, 4 meetings), BOLOLOMBO (Grand Soleil 43 (Design), 4 meetings), VIVA MALTA (Cookson 50, 4 meetings), SNOWWHITE (Solaris 50, 4 meetings)
How ANDANTE IV compares with a typical Swan 42
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Swan 42s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Swan 42; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Swan 42 on the beam reach.
Speed at every angle
ANDANTE IV in blue, a typical Swan 42 dashed.
ANDANTE IV in blue, a typical Swan 42 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Swan 42s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Swan 42
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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