ISABELLA
Class CHeavy displacementCruiser/Racer

ISABELLA — GER 8510

Model: Swan 36 (Stephens)

Nautor SwanSparkman & Stephens

Updated

ISABELLA (GER 8510) is a Swan 36 designed by Sparkman & Stephens and built by Nautor Swan. She has been racing since 2024 and has won 1 race. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most Swan 36s. Against a typical Swan 36 she is quicker downwind, and slower upwind in light air.

ISABELLA GER 8510 - Sparkman & Stephens - Nautor Swan

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

8

Race starts

1

Win

62%

Podiums

36

Race Edge

628.5s/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 kn39
10–16 kn43
Over 16 kn35
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Length

10.89 m

35′ 9″

Beam

2.94 m

Draft

1.83 m

Displacement

7.0 t

Sail area

64 m²

On the podium

Where ISABELLA finishes when she goes racing.

1

Wins

2

Seconds

2

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 ISABELLA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • ItalyRolex Swan Cup20263726
  • ItalyRolex Swan Cup20246132

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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: 2 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.

Offshore & coastal

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Not enough data yet: 6 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

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

ISABELLA aheadRival ahead
SOLANO · Swan 44 (Stephens)63%ahead in 5 of 8 meetings
MAJE · Swan 4175%ahead in 6 of 8 meetings
Other competitors (12)

Met too few times for a figure.

MATILDA (Swan 47, 4 meetings), EVE (Swan 65 (Stephens), 4 meetings), LINTU (Swan 57, 4 meetings), MATCHLESS (Swan 57, 4 meetings), DREAM (Swan 47, 4 meetings), PRIDE (Swan 44 (Stephens), 4 meetings), MASCALZONE LATINO XXXIII (Swan 38, 4 meetings), TARANTELLA (Swan 36 (Stephens), 4 meetings), FOUR WINDS (Swan 44 (Stephens), 4 meetings), JOCONDE (Swan 44 (Stephens), 4 meetings), HOKUSAI (Swan 44 (Stephens), 4 meetings), MANURAU (Swan 43 (Stephens), 4 meetings)

How ISABELLA compares with a typical Swan 36

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Swan 36s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Swan 36; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.08 kn
Beam reach-0.02 kn
Broad reach+0.00 kn
Downwind+0.06 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical Swan 36 on the upwind.

Speed at every angle

ISABELLA in blue, a typical Swan 36 dashed.

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ISABELLA in blue, a typical Swan 36 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Swan 36s racing

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

More about the Swan 36 (Stephens)

Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.

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