JOSIAN
Class CHeavy displacementCruiser/Racer

JOSIAN — ITA 1968

Model: Swan 36 (Stephens)

Nautor SwanSparkman & Stephens

Updated

JOSIAN (ITA 1968) is a Swan 36 designed by Sparkman & Stephens and built by Nautor Swan. She has been racing since 2022 and has won 1 race. She sails with a larger sail plan than most Swan 36s. Against a typical Swan 36 she is quicker upwind in light air and on a beam reach.

JOSIAN ITA 1968 - Sparkman & Stephens - Nautor Swan

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

4

Race starts

1

Win

75%

Podiums

2

Race Edge

616.4s/mile

Rating 2025

Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.

Under 10 kn54
10–16 kn1
Over 16 kn1
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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 JOSIAN finishes when she goes racing.

1

Wins

0

Seconds

2

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

  • ItalyRolex Swan Cup20223193

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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: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.

Offshore & coastal

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Not enough data yet: 4 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

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

Other competitors (7)

Met too few times for a figure.

MASCALZONE LATINO XXXIII (Swan 38, 4 meetings), SHIRLAF (Swan 65 (Stephens), 4 meetings), KOKKOLA (Swan 43 (Stephens), 4 meetings), SAIDA (Swan 65 (Stephens), 4 meetings), ALPHA CENTAURI (Swan 65 (Stephens), 4 meetings), BLUE MAGIC (Swan 65 (Stephens), 4 meetings), LIBELULA (Swan 65 (Stephens), 4 meetings)

How JOSIAN compares with a typical Swan 36

Her main 2025 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+0.13 kn
Beam reach+0.16 kn
Broad reach+0.12 kn
Downwind+0.00 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Swan 36 on the beam reach.

Speed at every angle

JOSIAN in blue, a typical Swan 36 dashed.

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JOSIAN 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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