KATIMA — GER 6593
Model: Swan 45
Updated
KATIMA (GER 6593) is a Swan 45 designed by German Frers and built by Nautor Swan. She has been racing since 2021 and has won 1 race. Against a typical Swan 45 she is quicker downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats37
Race starts
1
Win
22%
Podiums
89
Race Edge
Swan 45: 68
471.5s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
13.83 m
45′ 4″
Beam
3.89 m
Draft
2.84 m
Displacement
10.0 t
Sail area
134 m²
On the podium
Where KATIMA finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
22%
of 37 starts · Swan 45 fleet: 32%
Wins
3%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with KATIMA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Rolex Swan Cup202641074
ORC European Championship 2025 / 43rd Copa del Rey MAPFRE2025242319121119172218
ORC European Championship202436565276
ORCi European Championship202213354434- Alexela ORC World Championship202174425542
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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
15%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
40%
of these races end on the podium
Better the longer it gets. Boats that settle into a groove and hold it gain ground once the course stops turning.
Who she races against
The boats KATIMA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (39)
Other competitors (20)
Met too few times for a figure.
SUSPIRIA THE REVENGE (Swan 42, 4 meetings), SILVEREN SWAEN (Swan 54, 4 meetings), LULLABY (Swan 58, 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), RETARDE (Swan 58, 4 meetings), FIXATION (Swan 46, 4 meetings), ASSUAGE (Swan 48 (Frers), 4 meetings), MELTEMI S (Swan 54, 4 meetings), EURO EYES (Swan 55 (Frers), 4 meetings), VESPER (Swan 51, 4 meetings), GRACE OF SYDNEY (Swan 48 (Frers), 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 KATIMA compares with a typical Swan 45
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Swan 45s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Swan 45; 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 45 on the broad reach.
Speed at every angle
KATIMA in blue, a typical Swan 45 dashed.
KATIMA in blue, a typical Swan 45 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Swan 45s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Swan 45
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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