VESPER — BEL 5101
Model: Swan 51
Updated
VESPER (BEL 5101) is a Swan 51 designed by German Frers and built by Nautor Swan. She has been racing since 2026. She sails with a larger sail plan and a shallower keel than most Swan 51s. Against a typical Swan 51 she is quicker on a beam reach and downwind, and slower upwind in light air.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats4
Race starts
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Wins
0%
Podiums
67
Race Edge
484.4s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
15.56 m
51′ 1″
Beam
4.45 m
Draft
2.71 m
Displacement
19.1 t
Sail area
133 m²
On the podium
Where VESPER finishes when she goes racing.
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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 VESPER on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Rolex Swan Cup20262182220
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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: 3 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats VESPER meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (25)
Met too few times for a figure.
SUSPIRIA THE REVENGE (Swan 42, 4 meetings), SPIRIT OF NERINA (Swan 42, 4 meetings), THETIS (Swan 45, 4 meetings), KATIMA (Swan 45, 4 meetings), SILVEREN SWAEN (Swan 54, 4 meetings), LULLABY (Swan 58, 4 meetings), FROM NOW ON (Swan 45, 4 meetings), MOHBARAK 5 (Swan 54, 4 meetings), VERTIGO (Swan 54, 4 meetings), PAPILLON (Swan 48, 4 meetings), AZAHAR (Swan 56, 4 meetings), WHIMSEA (Swan 48, 4 meetings), DARING SISTERS (Swan 42, 4 meetings), RETARDE (Swan 58, 4 meetings), FIXATION (Swan 46, 4 meetings), ASSUAGE (Swan 48 (Frers), 4 meetings), MELTEMI S (Swan 54, 4 meetings), CHANGE TRASPARENT (Swan 45, 4 meetings), EURO EYES (Swan 55 (Frers), 4 meetings), GRACE OF SYDNEY (Swan 48 (Frers), 4 meetings), WAVEWALKER (Swan 58, 4 meetings), SWANPITA- SMERIT (Swan 45, 4 meetings), MERCURY (Swan 42, 4 meetings), INTRIGUE (Swan 56, 4 meetings), FLOMALI (Swan 58, 4 meetings)
How VESPER compares with a typical Swan 51
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Swan 51s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Swan 51; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 1.2 kn either way.
At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Swan 51 on the beam reach.
Speed at every angle
VESPER in blue, a typical Swan 51 dashed.
VESPER in blue, a typical Swan 51 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Swan 51s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Swan 51
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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