ELENA NOVA — GER 8042
Model: Swan 42
Updated
ELENA NOVA (GER 8042) is a Swan 42 designed by German Frers and built by Nautor Swan. She has been racing since 2025 and has won four races. She sails close to a typical Swan 42 at every angle.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats14
Race starts
4
Wins
64%
Podiums
84
Race Edge
Swan 42: 84
479.6s/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 ELENA NOVA finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
64%
of 14 starts · Swan 42 fleet: 35%
Wins
29%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with ELENA NOVA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
PalmaVela202611222- ORC European Championship 2025 / 43rd Copa del Rey MAPFRE20253167551231
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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
58%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 2 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats ELENA NOVA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (26)
Other competitors (5)
Met too few times for a figure.
NOLA (Carkeek 40, 5 meetings), SILVEREN SWAEN (Swan 54, 5 meetings), XUMMER (Xp 44, 5 meetings), VIKINGO (First 45 (Briand), 5 meetings), VERTIGO (Swan 54, 5 meetings)
How ELENA NOVA 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 sails level with a typical Swan 42 across the course.
Speed at every angle
ELENA NOVA in blue, a typical Swan 42 dashed.
ELENA NOVA 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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