SHIRLAF — ITA 13973
Model: Swan 65 (Stephens)
Nautor SwanSparkman & Stephens
Updated
SHIRLAF (ITA 13973) is a Swan 65 designed by Sparkman & Stephens and built by Nautor Swan. She has been racing since 2022 and has won three races. She sails close to a typical Swan 65 at every angle.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats10
Race starts
3
Wins
90%
Podiums
2
Race Edge
486.7s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
19.68 m
64′ 7″
Beam
4.95 m
Draft
2.92 m
Displacement
32.4 t
Sail area
184 m²
On the podium
Where SHIRLAF finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
90%
of 10 starts · Swan 65 fleet: 26%
Wins
30%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with SHIRLAF on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Rolex Swan Cup20262121- Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup202632332
- Ima Maxi European Championship2026156661
- 71a Regata dei Tre Golfi202614
- Rolex Swan Cup20242432
- Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup202443
- Rolex Swan Cup20222312
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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: 1 race of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 9 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats SHIRLAF meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (20)
Met too few times for a figure.
MASCALZONE LATINO XXXIII (Swan 38, 4 meetings), JOSIAN (Swan 36 (Stephens), 4 meetings), KOKKOLA (Swan 43 (Stephens), 4 meetings), ALPHA CENTAURI (Swan 65 (Stephens), 4 meetings), BLUE MAGIC (Swan 65 (Stephens), 4 meetings), LIBELULA (Swan 65 (Stephens), 4 meetings), ELAN (Swan 48 (Stephens), 4 meetings), LINTU (Swan 57, 4 meetings), MATILDA II (Swan 47, 4 meetings), ALGOL V (Swan 57, 4 meetings), VAHINE (Swan 65 (Stephens), 4 meetings), TRANSLATED 9 (Swan 65 (Stephens), 4 meetings), DREAM (Swan 47, 4 meetings), FRA' DIAVOLO (Mylius 18, 2 meetings), BLUE OYSTER (Dehler 60, 2 meetings), MANTICORE (Mylius 60, 2 meetings), STELLA MARIS (Starkel 64, 2 meetings), AROBAS (Swan 601, 2 meetings), YORU (Vismara 62, 2 meetings), SCHORCH (Mylius 66, 2 meetings)
How SHIRLAF compares with a typical Swan 65
Her main 2026 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.
Full width is 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots she sails level with a typical Swan 65 across the course.
Speed at every angle
SHIRLAF in blue, a typical Swan 65 dashed.
SHIRLAF 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 (Stephens)
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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