VARGEN
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VARGEN — MON 4303

Model: ClubSwan 43

Nautor SwanJuan Kouyoumdjian

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VARGEN (MON 4303) is a ClubSwan 43 designed by Juan Kouyoumdjian and built by Nautor Swan. She has been racing since 2025. Against a typical ClubSwan 43 she is slower upwind in light air and on a beam reach.

VARGEN MON 4303 - Juan Kouyoumdjian - Nautor Swan

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

14

Race starts

0

Wins

21%

Podiums

93

Race Edge

454.2s/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 kn82
10–16 kn89
Over 16 kn82

Not verified. On planing hulls this score has no match in the race results we hold. Read it as what the measurements say, not as a ranking.

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Length

13.08 m

42′ 11″

Beam

4.26 m

Draft

2.76 m

Displacement

6.8 t

Sail area

128 m²

On the podium

Where VARGEN finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

21%

of 14 starts · ClubSwan 43 fleet: 14%

Wins

0%

Wins0%0
Seconds0%0
Thirds21%3
Off the podium79%11

In one-design racing: 1 podium in 7 starts, counted apart: against identical boats a podium means something else.

Regattas

Every regatta we found with VARGEN on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • ItalyRolex Swan CupOne-design20267577572
  • SpainPalmaVela202633443
  • SpainORC European Championship 2025 / 43rd Copa del Rey MAPFRE2025302113193117251619

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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

25%

of these races end on the podium

12 races of 10 NM or less

Offshore & coastal

—

Not enough data yet: 2 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

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

VARGEN aheadRival ahead
PEZ DE ABRIL · Swan 426%ahead in 1 of 16 meetings
NADIR · Swan 420%ahead in 0 of 16 meetings
ANDANTE IV · Swan 4267%ahead in 10 of 15 meetings
ELENA NOVA · Swan 420%ahead in 0 of 14 meetings
HYDRA · DK 4614%ahead in 2 of 14 meetings
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CARO · Knierim 4986%ahead in 12 of 14 meetings
MORGAN V · Swan 420%ahead in 0 of 9 meetings
KAJSA III · DK 460%ahead in 0 of 9 meetings
SPIRIT OF NERINA · Swan 4211%ahead in 1 of 9 meetings
THETIS · Swan 450%ahead in 0 of 9 meetings
SELENE · Swan 420%ahead in 0 of 9 meetings
FROM NOW ON · Swan 4511%ahead in 1 of 9 meetings
RED DEVIL V · Swan 450%ahead in 0 of 9 meetings
XEKMATT · IMX 4533%ahead in 3 of 9 meetings
X-ODESSA · Xp 5067%ahead in 6 of 9 meetings
LONG ECHO · Swan 4211%ahead in 1 of 9 meetings
ONDA · ClubSwan 4322%ahead in 2 of 9 meetings
VITO 2.3 · Ker 4011%ahead in 1 of 9 meetings
JACANDA · Mat 11822%ahead in 2 of 9 meetings
DESNA · Knierim 4956%ahead in 5 of 9 meetings
CHANGE TRASPARENT · Swan 4567%ahead in 6 of 9 meetings
DARING SISTERS · Swan 4233%ahead in 3 of 9 meetings
TRABUCO · Xp 4456%ahead in 5 of 9 meetings
KATIMA · Swan 4544%ahead in 4 of 9 meetings
TANIT 6 · Italia 12.98 (Cossutti)33%ahead in 3 of 9 meetings
ANDIAMO · Grand Soleil 44 (Polli)78%ahead in 7 of 9 meetings
MORPHEUS · Sydney 4378%ahead in 7 of 9 meetings
WINDFLOWER · Italia 14.9878%ahead in 7 of 9 meetings
GODSPEED · Shogun 4389%ahead in 8 of 9 meetings
VAHINE' 7 · First 45 (Briand)89%ahead in 8 of 9 meetings
IVANA & ALEKS · Landmark 4356%ahead in 5 of 9 meetings
Other competitors (6)

Met too few times for a figure.

GLEN ELLEN (Swan 42, 7 meetings), NOLA (Carkeek 40, 5 meetings), SILVEREN SWAEN (Swan 54, 5 meetings), XUMMER (Xp 44, 5 meetings), VIKINGO (First 45 (Briand), 5 meetings), VERTIGO (Swan 54, 5 meetings)

How VARGEN compares with a typical ClubSwan 43

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, ClubSwan 43s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical ClubSwan 43; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.05 kn
Beam reach-0.11 kn
Broad reach+0.00 kn
Downwind+0.00 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical ClubSwan 43 on the beam reach.

Speed at every angle

VARGEN in blue, a typical ClubSwan 43 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

VARGEN in blue, a typical ClubSwan 43 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other ClubSwan 43s racing

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

More about the ClubSwan 43

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

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