VIRGINIA — NOR 16600
Model: Swan 42
Updated
VIRGINIA (NOR 16600) is a Swan 42 designed by German Frers and built by Nautor Swan. She has been racing since 2026. Against a typical Swan 42 she is slower on a beam reach.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats1
Race start
0
Wins
100%
Podiums
73
Race Edge
Swan 42: 84
479.0s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
12.96 m
42′ 6″
Beam
3.91 m
Draft
2.74 m
Displacement
7.6 t
Sail area
111 m²
On the podium
Where VIRGINIA finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
1
Thirds
1
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 VIRGINIA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Stavanger Singlehanded20263
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Report a regattaWho she races against
The boats VIRGINIA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (9)
Met too few times for a figure.
FRI FLYT (First 44.7, 1 meeting), SITAREN (Maxi 105, 1 meeting), MITHRANDIR (First 36.7, 1 meeting), TELLUS (Bh 36, 1 meeting), EUREKA (JPK 10.30, 1 meeting), X-FAKTOR (X-332, 1 meeting), BÉLÉNOS (First 34.7, 1 meeting), AVANTI II (JPK 10.30, 1 meeting), CRUELLA DEVIL (Sun Fast 3200, 1 meeting)
How VIRGINIA compares with a typical Swan 42
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Swan 42s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Swan 42; 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 gives away time to a typical Swan 42 on the beam reach.
Speed at every angle
VIRGINIA in blue, a typical Swan 42 dashed.
VIRGINIA in blue, a typical Swan 42 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Swan 42s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Swan 42
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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