BLUE SKY — ITA 45016
Model: Swan 45
Updated
BLUE SKY (ITA 45016) is a Swan 45 designed by German Frers and built by Nautor Swan. She has been racing since 2021 and has won two races. Against a typical Swan 45 she is slower downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats48
Race starts
2
Wins
25%
Podiums
56
Race Edge
Swan 45: 68
472.5s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
13.83 m
45′ 4″
Beam
3.89 m
Draft
2.84 m
Displacement
10.0 t
Sail area
134 m²
On the podium
Where BLUE SKY finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
25%
of 48 starts · Swan 45 fleet: 32%
Wins
4%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with BLUE SKY on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
- ORC World Championship2026172291116191718
Genova Sailing Week2026345345- Genova Sailing Week20241
- ORC Mediterranean Championship 2023 - Tre Golfi Sailing Week2023155944
- Campionato Nazionale Medio e Basso Tirreno2023155944
ORC European Championship20232223412- Regate di Primavera Altura202355244652
- ORC World Championship20222687856
- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar202117
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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
21%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
40%
of these races end on the podium
Better the longer it gets. Boats that settle into a groove and hold it gain ground once the course stops turning.
Who she races against
The boats BLUE SKY meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (52)
Other competitors (38)
Met too few times for a figure.
MILU' III (Mylius 14, 7 meetings), LUDUAN RELOADED (Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek), 7 meetings), MOANA (Marten 49, 7 meetings), DAGUET 3 (Ker 46, 7 meetings), XIO (TP 52 (Carkeek), 7 meetings), DUENDE (Vismara 46, 7 meetings), SNOWWHITE (Solaris 50, 7 meetings), ROWDY TOO (Botin 52, 7 meetings), MIA (Swan 48, 7 meetings), ARS UNA (Mylius 15, 7 meetings), ALEMARO (Neo 400, 7 meetings), FURIOSA (Cookson 50, 7 meetings), HYDRA (DK 46, 7 meetings), ELUSIVE II (First 45 (Briand), 7 meetings), ARTIE III (HH 42, 7 meetings), OTRA VEZ (Ice 52, 7 meetings), CORONA (B&c 46, 7 meetings), SKIN (First 50, 7 meetings), BLACK SAMURAI (Eleva 50, 7 meetings), WB IX (XR 41, 6 meetings), SPIRIT OF NERINA (Swan 42, 6 meetings), TO BE (Italia 11.98, 6 meetings), CHEYENNE (Rodman 42, 6 meetings), BLUE MOON (TP 52 (Judel/Vrolijk), 6 meetings), MISS K CHECKMATE (Swan 45, 6 meetings), KEONDA III (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 6 meetings), BLUES (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 6 meetings), TARANTELLA (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), MON ILE (First 40, 1 meeting), LUDUAN 2.0 (Grand Soleil 48, 1 meeting), RAFFICA 3 (Grand Soleil 43 (Maletto), 1 meeting), SPIRIT OF NERINA (X-35, 1 meeting), CAPITANI CORAGGIOSI (X-41, 1 meeting), KUKA 3 (Cookson 50, 1 meeting), EXCALIBUR (X-35, 1 meeting), DOLCENERA (X-35, 1 meeting), SEASE (Farr 30, 1 meeting), SCHEGGIA (Swan 42, 1 meeting)
How BLUE SKY compares with a typical Swan 45
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Swan 45s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Swan 45; 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 45 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
BLUE SKY in blue, a typical Swan 45 dashed.
BLUE SKY in blue, a typical Swan 45 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Swan 45s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Swan 45
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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