KAIROS
Class AHeavy displacementCruiser/Racer

KAIROS — GER 7972

Model: Swan 57

Nautor SwanSparkman & Stephens

Updated

KAIROS (GER 7972) is a Swan 57 designed by Sparkman & Stephens and built by Nautor Swan. She has been racing since 2026. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most Swan 57s. Against a typical Swan 57 she is slower upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.

KAIROS GER 7972 - Sparkman & Stephens - Nautor Swan

Racing record

7

Race Edge

Swan 57: 16

506.1s/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 kn7
10–16 kn56
Over 16 kn47
KAIROSA typical Swan 57How Race Edge works
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Length

17.46 m

57′ 3″

Beam

4.74 m

Draft

2.81 m

Displacement

23.1 t

Sail area

178 m²

On the podium

Where KAIROS finishes when she goes racing.

Not enough data yet for her podiums: we have not found her in a race with six boats or more, measured on handicap.

Regattas

Every regatta we found with KAIROS on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • GermanyTanis von der Mosel Race20263

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How KAIROS compares with a typical Swan 57

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Swan 57s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Swan 57; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.09 kn
Beam reach-0.14 kn
Broad reach-0.08 kn
Downwind-0.05 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical Swan 57 on the beam reach.

Speed at every angle

KAIROS in blue, a typical Swan 57 dashed.

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KAIROS in blue, a typical Swan 57 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Swan 57s racing

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

More about the Swan 57

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

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