GRACE OF SYDNEY
Class ASemi-displacementCruiser/Racer

GRACE OF SYDNEY — SYD 8

Model: Swan 48 (Frers)

Nautor SwanGerman Frers

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GRACE OF SYDNEY (SYD 8) is a Swan 48 designed by German Frers and built by Nautor Swan. She has been racing since 2026. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most Swan 48s. Against a typical Swan 48 she is slower upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.

GRACE OF SYDNEY SYD 8 - German Frers - Nautor Swan

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

4

Race starts

0

Wins

0%

Podiums

4

Race Edge

498.9s/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 kn31
10–16 kn2
Over 16 kn1
GRACE OF SYDNEYHow Race Edge works
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Length

14.77 m

48′ 5″

Beam

4.56 m

Draft

2.46 m

Displacement

15.5 t

Sail area

140 m²

On the podium

Where GRACE OF SYDNEY finishes when she goes racing.

0

Wins

0

Seconds

0

Thirds

4

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 GRACE OF SYDNEY on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • ItalyRolex Swan Cup202622201523

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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

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Not enough data yet: 3 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

The boats GRACE OF SYDNEY meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

Other competitors (25)

Met too few times for a figure.

SUSPIRIA THE REVENGE (Swan 42, 4 meetings), SPIRIT OF NERINA (Swan 42, 4 meetings), THETIS (Swan 45, 4 meetings), KATIMA (Swan 45, 4 meetings), SILVEREN SWAEN (Swan 54, 4 meetings), LULLABY (Swan 58, 4 meetings), FROM NOW ON (Swan 45, 4 meetings), MOHBARAK 5 (Swan 54, 4 meetings), VERTIGO (Swan 54, 4 meetings), PAPILLON (Swan 48, 4 meetings), AZAHAR (Swan 56, 4 meetings), WHIMSEA (Swan 48, 4 meetings), DARING SISTERS (Swan 42, 4 meetings), RETARDE (Swan 58, 4 meetings), FIXATION (Swan 46, 4 meetings), ASSUAGE (Swan 48 (Frers), 4 meetings), MELTEMI S (Swan 54, 4 meetings), CHANGE TRASPARENT (Swan 45, 4 meetings), EURO EYES (Swan 55 (Frers), 4 meetings), VESPER (Swan 51, 4 meetings), WAVEWALKER (Swan 58, 4 meetings), SWANPITA- SMERIT (Swan 45, 4 meetings), MERCURY (Swan 42, 4 meetings), INTRIGUE (Swan 56, 4 meetings), FLOMALI (Swan 58, 4 meetings)

How GRACE OF SYDNEY compares with a typical Swan 48

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Swan 48s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Swan 48; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.05 kn
Beam reach-0.48 kn
Broad reach-0.29 kn
Downwind-0.22 kn

Full width is 1.0 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical Swan 48 on the beam reach.

Speed at every angle

GRACE OF SYDNEY in blue, a typical Swan 48 dashed.

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GRACE OF SYDNEY in blue, a typical Swan 48 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Swan 48s racing

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

More about the Swan 48 (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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