MARIPOSA
Class BHeavy displacementCruiser/Racer

MARIPOSA — GBR 4686

Model: Swan 46

Nautor SwanGerman Frers

Updated

MARIPOSA (GBR 4686) is a Swan 46 designed by German Frers and built by Nautor Swan. She has been racing since 2026. She sails with a larger sail plan than most Swan 46s. Against a typical Swan 46 she is quicker upwind in light air.

MARIPOSA GBR 4686 - German Frers - Nautor Swan

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

4

Race starts

0

Wins

0%

Podiums

12

Race Edge

527.0s/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 kn25
10–16 kn22
Over 16 kn3
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Length

14.35 m

47′ 1″

Beam

4.40 m

Draft

2.52 m

Displacement

14.8 t

Sail area

123 m²

On the podium

Where MARIPOSA finishes when she goes racing.

0

Wins

0

Seconds

0

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

  • ItalyRolex Swan Cup20268686

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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: 1 race of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.

Offshore & coastal

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Not enough data yet: 3 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

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

Other competitors (10)

Met too few times for a figure.

LUNZ AM MEER (Swan 651, 4 meetings), SKYE (Swan 53, 4 meetings), AMADEUS (Swan 46, 4 meetings), FORMOSA (Swan 51, 4 meetings), GERONIMO (Swan 651, 4 meetings), CYGNET (Swan 44 (Frers), 4 meetings), WINDEKIND (Swan 44 (Frers), 4 meetings), EIRA (Swan 51, 4 meetings), KJU (Swan 40 (Frers), 4 meetings), GALADRIEL (Swan 53, 4 meetings)

How MARIPOSA compares with a typical Swan 46

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Swan 46s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Swan 46; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind+0.03 kn
Beam reach+0.00 kn
Broad reach+0.00 kn
Downwind+0.01 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she sails level with a typical Swan 46 across the course.

Speed at every angle

MARIPOSA in blue, a typical Swan 46 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

MARIPOSA in blue, a typical Swan 46 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Swan 46s racing

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

More about the Swan 46

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

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