MARLIN II
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MARLIN II — ITA 65101

Model: Swan 65 (Frers)

Nautor SwanGerman Frers

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MARLIN II (ITA 65101) is a Swan 65 designed by German Frers and built by Nautor Swan. She has been racing since 2024. She sails with a deeper keel than most Swan 65s. Against a typical Swan 65 she is quicker upwind in light air.

MARLIN II ITA 65101 - German Frers - Nautor Swan

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

8

Race starts

0

Wins

25%

Podiums

415.3s/mile

Rating 2025

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Length

19.98 m

65′ 7″

Beam

5.60 m

Draft

3.86 m

Displacement

29.3 t

Sail area

245 m²

On the podium

Where MARLIN II finishes when she goes racing.

0

Wins

2

Seconds

0

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 MARLIN II on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • ItalyMaxi Yacht Rolex Cup20257747
  • ItalyRolex Swan Cup20247224

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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: 8 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

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

MARLIN II aheadRival ahead
AROBAS · Swan 60125%ahead in 2 of 8 meetings
Other competitors (11)

Met too few times for a figure.

SEA QUILL (Swan 60, 4 meetings), CLOUDY 7 (Swan 65 (Frers), 4 meetings), COCO DE MER (Swan 62, 4 meetings), ULYSSES PORTOFINO (Swan 60, 4 meetings), ALAIK (Swan 62, 4 meetings), DEFIANCE (Swan 68, 4 meetings), YORU (Vismara 62, 4 meetings), MANTICORE (Mylius 60, 4 meetings), DURLINDANA IV (Swan 601, 4 meetings), LUNZ AM MEER (Swan 651, 4 meetings), R 6 (Mylius 60, 4 meetings)

How MARLIN II compares with a typical Swan 65

Her main 2025 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Swan 65s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Swan 65; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind+0.14 kn
Beam reach+0.03 kn
Broad reach+0.03 kn
Downwind+0.02 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Swan 65 on the upwind.

Speed at every angle

MARLIN II in blue, a typical Swan 65 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

MARLIN II in blue, a typical Swan 65 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Swan 65s racing

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

More about the Swan 65 (Frers)

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

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