MATCHLESS — GBR 171
Model: Swan 57
Nautor SwanSparkman & Stephens
Updated
MATCHLESS (GBR 171) is a Swan 57 designed by Sparkman & Stephens and built by Nautor Swan. She has been racing since 2023. She sails with a larger sail plan than most Swan 57s. Against a typical Swan 57 she is quicker on a beam reach, and slower downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats5
Race starts
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Wins
0%
Podiums
1
Race Edge
Swan 57: 16
500.2s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
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 MATCHLESS finishes when she goes racing.
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Wins
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Seconds
0
Thirds
5
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 MATCHLESS on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Rolex Swan Cup20245645- Golfo dei Poeti Cup20236
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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
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Not enough data yet: 2 races 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 MATCHLESS meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (18)
Met too few times for a figure.
MATILDA (Swan 47, 4 meetings), EVE (Swan 65 (Stephens), 4 meetings), SOLANO (Swan 44 (Stephens), 4 meetings), LINTU (Swan 57, 4 meetings), ISABELLA (Swan 36 (Stephens), 4 meetings), DREAM (Swan 47, 4 meetings), MAJE (Swan 41, 4 meetings), BAGUA (Farr 30, 1 meeting), FREE SPIRIT (First 44.7, 1 meeting), RAFFICA 3 (Grand Soleil 43 (Maletto), 1 meeting), JECO (J/112, 1 meeting), EL SOLETE (Sinergia 40, 1 meeting), ZOE II (Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), MAHARE (Grand Soleil 46.3, 1 meeting), FOMALHAUT (First 36.7, 1 meeting), MINIMA (X-34, 1 meeting), TESEO 2000 (Comet 38 (Finot), 1 meeting), MAGIA BLU (First 40.7, 1 meeting)
How MATCHLESS 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.
Full width is 0.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Swan 57 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
MATCHLESS in blue, a typical Swan 57 dashed.
MATCHLESS 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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