CLOUDY 7
Class 0Semi-displacementCruiser/Racer

CLOUDY 7 — GBR 7X

Model: Swan 65 (Frers)

Nautor SwanGerman Frers

Updated

CLOUDY 7 (GBR 7X) is a Swan 65 designed by German Frers and built by Nautor Swan. She has been racing since 2022 and has won 1 race. She sails with a shallower keel than most Swan 65s. Against a typical Swan 65 she is slower upwind in light air.

CLOUDY 7 GBR 7X - German Frers - Nautor Swan

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

13

Race starts

1

Win

38%

Podiums

90

Race Edge

424.5s/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 kn50
10–16 kn90
Over 16 kn1
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Length

19.98 m

65′ 7″

Beam

5.60 m

Draft

3.86 m

Displacement

29.3 t

Sail area

245 m²

On the podium

Where CLOUDY 7 finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

38%

of 13 starts · Swan 65 fleet: 28%

Wins

8%

Wins8%1
Seconds8%1
Thirds23%3
Off the podium61%8

Regattas

Every regatta we found with CLOUDY 7 on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • ItalyRolex Swan Cup20261234
  • ItalyRolex Swan Cup20243653
  • GreeceAegean 60020237
  • ItalyRolex Swan Cup20226557

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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

33%

of these races end on the podium

12 races over 10 NM

Who she races against

The boats CLOUDY 7 meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

CLOUDY 7 aheadRival ahead
AROBAS · Swan 6018%ahead in 1 of 12 meetings
SEA QUILL · Swan 6038%ahead in 3 of 8 meetings
ULYSSES PORTOFINO · Swan 60100%ahead in 8 of 8 meetings
ALAIK · Swan 6288%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
Other competitors (22)

Met too few times for a figure.

COCO DE MER (Swan 62, 4 meetings), DEFIANCE (Swan 68, 4 meetings), MARLIN II (Swan 65 (Frers), 4 meetings), FLOW (Swan 601, 4 meetings), LES AMIS (Swan 601, 4 meetings), LUNZ AM MEER (Swan 651, 4 meetings), AZZURRO (Swan 78, 4 meetings), KININA (Swan 78, 4 meetings), CUORDISOLE (Swan 65 (Frers), 4 meetings), FUTURO (Swan 651, 4 meetings), EMMA (Swan 60, 4 meetings), ASANA (Swan 60, 4 meetings), MONTRACHET (Swan 60, 4 meetings), DURLINDANA IV (Swan 601, 4 meetings), SALPARE (Swan 66, 4 meetings), CORUMBE V (Swan 66, 4 meetings), OPTIMUM S (Carkeek 47, 1 meeting), CARBONITA (Neo 570, 1 meeting), LEAPS & BOUNDS 2 (Vismara/mills 62, 1 meeting), ULISSE (Frers 105, 1 meeting), CHOCOLATE 3 (Farr 52, 1 meeting), DEA (Cnb 66, 1 meeting)

How CLOUDY 7 compares with a typical Swan 65

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Swan 65s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Swan 65; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.13 kn
Beam reach-0.03 kn
Broad reach-0.04 kn
Downwind-0.03 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical Swan 65 on the upwind.

Speed at every angle

CLOUDY 7 in blue, a typical Swan 65 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

CLOUDY 7 in blue, a typical Swan 65 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Swan 65s racing

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

More about the Swan 65 (Frers)

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

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