EX OFFICIO
Class ASemi-displacementCruiser/Racer

EX OFFICIO — GRE 45

Model: Swan 45

Nautor SwanGerman Frers

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EX OFFICIO (GRE 45) is a Swan 45 designed by German Frers and built by Nautor Swan. She has been racing since 2019 and has won three races in a row in 2026. Against a typical Swan 45 she is slower downwind.

EX OFFICIO GRE 45 - German Frers - Nautor Swan

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

14

Race starts

3

Wins

50%

Podiums

47

Race Edge

Swan 45: 68

478.4s/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 kn78
10–16 kn4
Over 16 kn22
EX OFFICIOA typical Swan 45How Race Edge works
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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 EX OFFICIO finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

50%

of 14 starts · Swan 45 fleet: 32%

Wins

21%

Wins21%3
Seconds7%1
Thirds21%3
Off the podium51%7

Regattas

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

  • Greece"Πανελληνιο Κυπελο ORCI 2026"202666571112
  • GreeceORC Greek Championship202312111111
  • World championshipORC World Championship2019633453

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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: 9 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 EX OFFICIO meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

EX OFFICIO aheadRival ahead
VELOS · TP 52 (Carkeek)50%ahead in 4 of 8 meetings
INVICTUS · IMX 4063%ahead in 5 of 8 meetings
TRE IRENE · First 45 (Briand)75%ahead in 6 of 8 meetings
ELLINIX FARR AWAY · Farr 4075%ahead in 6 of 8 meetings
ANTELOPE · Xp 4488%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
Show more rivals (4)
XIPHOS · XR 41100%ahead in 8 of 8 meetings
LILI II · Archambault 40100%ahead in 8 of 8 meetings
GRACE · Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek)100%ahead in 8 of 8 meetings
TO KEFI MAS · Elan 410100%ahead in 8 of 8 meetings
Other competitors (11)

Met too few times for a figure.

BLUE (TP 52 (Judel/Vrolijk), 6 meetings), XIO (TP 52 (Carkeek), 6 meetings), GENERALI - ASSILINA III (TP 52 (Farr), 6 meetings), ALTAIR 3 (Scudeia 50, 6 meetings), LUDUAN RELOADED (Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek), 6 meetings), WB SEVEN (Xp 44, 6 meetings), MAESTRO (Xp 44, 6 meetings), IRONFX (Corel 45, 6 meetings), DUBROVNIK (Enavigo 38, 6 meetings), BRAVA (Farr 49, 6 meetings), ALEMARO (Neo 400, 6 meetings)

How EX OFFICIO 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.

True wind
Upwind+0.02 kn
Beam reach-0.03 kn
Broad reach-0.20 kn
Downwind-0.17 kn

Full width is 0.6 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical Swan 45 on the broad reach.

Speed at every angle

EX OFFICIO in blue, a typical Swan 45 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

EX OFFICIO 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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