GLEN ELLEN — FRA 49
Model: Swan 42
Updated
GLEN ELLEN (FRA 49) is a Swan 42 designed by German Frers and built by Nautor Swan. She has been racing since 2026 and has won 1 race. Against a typical Swan 42 she is quicker upwind in light air, and slower on a beam reach.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats5
Race starts
1
Win
20%
Podiums
80
Race Edge
Swan 42: 84
478.8s/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 GLEN ELLEN finishes when she goes racing.
1
Wins
0
Seconds
0
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.
In one-design racing: 1 podium in 7 starts, counted apart: against identical boats a podium means something else.
Regattas
Every regatta we found with GLEN ELLEN on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Rolex Swan CupOne-design20265663656
73° Loro Piana Giraglia202621- Loro Piana Giraglia20262317141
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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 GLEN ELLEN meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (44)
Met too few times for a figure.
PEZ DE ABRIL (Swan 42, 7 meetings), NADIR (Swan 42, 7 meetings), VARGEN (ClubSwan 43, 7 meetings), ANDANTE IV (Swan 42, 6 meetings), DJANGO WR (Wallyrocket 51, 5 meetings), SPIRIT OF LORINA II (TP 52 (Carkeek), 5 meetings), BLUE MOON (TP 52 (Judel/Vrolijk), 5 meetings), KILARA II (Wallyrocket 51, 5 meetings), ALIZEE (TP 52 (Judel/Vrolijk), 5 meetings), AROBAS² (Irc 52, 5 meetings), CARBONITA (Neo 570, 5 meetings), SEARCHER (Ker 46, 5 meetings), ROSSKO RACER (JPK 11.80, 5 meetings), ANDIAMO (Grand Soleil 44 (Polli), 5 meetings), MILLENIUM CONDOR (Farr 45, 5 meetings), KUKA 4 (Mat 122, 5 meetings), BONNE NOUVELLE (Sly 42, 5 meetings), ALEXA A (JPK 11.80, 5 meetings), DAJENU (Mat 124, 5 meetings), MERCURY (Swan 42, 5 meetings), RUSSES (First 44.7, 5 meetings), QUO (Eleva 42, 5 meetings), MUSICA (TP 52 (Carkeek), 4 meetings), ALBATOR 3 (Botin 44, 4 meetings), ZAPPY'S (ClubSwan 42, 4 meetings), LE JOY (Grand Soleil 48, 4 meetings), MILKWAVE (Cape 31, 4 meetings), ROCKETNIKKA (Wallyrocket 51, 1 meeting), ATALANTA II (Farr 70, 1 meeting), DOERS ON BOARD (VOR 60, 1 meeting), JACANDA (Mat 118, 1 meeting), FLYING DOLPHIN (Dufour 40, 1 meeting), NOISY OYSTER (J/122, 1 meeting), ULTRAVOX (X-332, 1 meeting), NUAGE II (J/97, 1 meeting), MOONSHINE (Frers 60, 1 meeting), ALMOGAVER (J/99, 1 meeting), JEDI (J/112, 1 meeting), A MAJOR (J/99, 1 meeting), MONTRACHET (Swan 60, 1 meeting), OVERDOSE CHARLY (Dehler 36 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), FASTNET (Sun Fast 3600, 1 meeting), BAGATELLE (J/92, 1 meeting), JENIS (J/112, 1 meeting)
How GLEN ELLEN 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 gives away time to a typical Swan 42 on the beam reach.
Speed at every angle
GLEN ELLEN in blue, a typical Swan 42 dashed.
GLEN ELLEN 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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