BLACK ZERO
Class AHeavy displacementCruiser/Racer

BLACK ZERO — GER 8751

Model: Swan 51

Nautor SwanGerman Frers

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BLACK ZERO (GER 8751) is a Swan 51 designed by German Frers and built by Nautor Swan. She has been racing since 2026 and has won 1 race. She sails with a larger sail plan and a shallower keel than most Swan 51s. Against a typical Swan 51 she is quicker on a beam reach and downwind.

BLACK ZERO GER 8751 - German Frers - Nautor Swan

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

4

Race starts

1

Win

75%

Podiums

73

Race Edge

481.0s/mile

Rating 2026

Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.

Under 10 kn40
10–16 kn89
Over 16 kn29
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Length

15.56 m

51′ 1″

Beam

4.45 m

Draft

2.71 m

Displacement

19.1 t

Sail area

133 m²

On the podium

Where BLACK ZERO finishes when she goes racing.

1

Wins

1

Seconds

1

Thirds

4

Starts

Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.

Regattas

Every regatta we found with BLACK ZERO on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • ItalyRolex Swan Cup20266123

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Round 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: 1 race of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.

Offshore & coastal

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Not enough data yet: 3 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

The boats BLACK ZERO meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

Other competitors (19)

Met too few times for a figure.

LUCA F (Swan 55 (Frers), 4 meetings), ALEGHER (Swan 55 (Frers), 4 meetings), LUCE (Swan 58, 4 meetings), ELLE (Swan 56, 4 meetings), CARMEL C (Swan 58, 4 meetings), QUATRE QUARTS (Swan 58, 4 meetings), FUJIN (Swan 55 (Frers), 4 meetings), STORM (Swan 55 (Frers), 4 meetings), AMBRA (Swan 48, 4 meetings), FOLLIA (Swan 58, 4 meetings), LINA (Swan 48 (Frers), 4 meetings), BUTTERFLY (Swan 58, 4 meetings), EALA (Swan 48, 4 meetings), APACHE (Swan 58, 4 meetings), BOHÈME (Swan 58, 4 meetings), KOKOMO (Swan 58, 4 meetings), FEELIN' GOOD (Swan 58, 4 meetings), NARAYANA (Swan 58, 4 meetings), AN SAOIRSE (Swan 54, 4 meetings)

How BLACK ZERO compares with a typical Swan 51

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Swan 51s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Swan 51; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.02 kn
Beam reach+0.76 kn
Broad reach+0.83 kn
Downwind+0.54 kn

Full width is 1.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Swan 51 on the broad reach.

Speed at every angle

BLACK ZERO in blue, a typical Swan 51 dashed.

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BLACK ZERO in blue, a typical Swan 51 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Swan 51s racing

Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.

More about the Swan 51

Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.

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