IMPETUOUS — USA 4206
Model: Swan 42
Updated
IMPETUOUS (USA 4206) is a Swan 42 designed by German Frers and built by Nautor Swan. She has been racing since 2024. Against a typical Swan 42 she is quicker on a beam reach and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats8
Race starts
0
Wins
25%
Podiums
91
Race Edge
Swan 42: 84
476.9s/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 IMPETUOUS finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
1
Seconds
1
Thirds
8
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 IMPETUOUS on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
- ORC World Championship2024572456310
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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: 6 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 2 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats IMPETUOUS meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
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How IMPETUOUS 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 is quicker than a typical Swan 42 on the beam reach.
Speed at every angle
IMPETUOUS in blue, a typical Swan 42 dashed.
IMPETUOUS 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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