DEFIANCE — CAY 1
Model: Swan 68
Updated
DEFIANCE (CAY 1) is a Swan 68 designed by German Frers and built by Nautor Swan. She has been racing since 2021. She sails with a larger sail plan and a deeper keel than most Swan 68s. Against a typical Swan 68 she is quicker upwind in light air, and slower downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats5
Race starts
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Wins
0%
Podiums
454.9s/mile
Rating 2024
Length
20.88 m
68′ 6″
Beam
5.45 m
Draft
3.32 m
Displacement
41.4 t
Sail area
258 m²
On the podium
Where DEFIANCE finishes when she goes racing.
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Wins
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Seconds
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Thirds
5
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 DEFIANCE on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Rolex Swan Cup20247878- Palermo-Montecarlo202126
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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: no 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 DEFIANCE meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (14)
Met too few times for a figure.
SEA QUILL (Swan 60, 4 meetings), AROBAS (Swan 601, 4 meetings), CLOUDY 7 (Swan 65 (Frers), 4 meetings), COCO DE MER (Swan 62, 4 meetings), ULYSSES PORTOFINO (Swan 60, 4 meetings), ALAIK (Swan 62, 4 meetings), MARLIN II (Swan 65 (Frers), 4 meetings), TRESAMIS (Elan 410, 1 meeting), QUATTROGATTI (Comet 45, 1 meeting), NOISY OYSTER (J/122, 1 meeting), SOFFIO (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), TATTOO (Dufour 405, 1 meeting), MIMA (Sun Fast 3200, 1 meeting), LA CUCCIOLA (Sun Fast 3600, 1 meeting)
How DEFIANCE compares with a typical Swan 68
Her main 2024 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Swan 68s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Swan 68; 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 68 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
DEFIANCE in blue, a typical Swan 68 dashed.
DEFIANCE in blue, a typical Swan 68 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Swan 68s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Swan 68
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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