WHIMSEA — ITA 48253
Model: Swan 48
OY Nautor ABGerman Frers
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WHIMSEA (ITA 48253) is a Swan 48 designed by German Frers and built by OY Nautor AB. She has been racing since 2024. Against a typical Swan 48 she is slower upwind in light air and on a beam reach.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats8
Race starts
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Wins
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Podiums
73
Race Edge
Swan 48: 52
489.7s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
14.77 m
48′ 5″
Beam
4.56 m
Draft
2.42 m
Displacement
15.2 t
Sail area
137 m²
On the podium
Where WHIMSEA finishes when she goes racing.
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Wins
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Seconds
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Thirds
8
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 WHIMSEA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Rolex Swan Cup2026136814- Rolex Swan Cup20248556
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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: 7 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats WHIMSEA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (33)
Met too few times for a figure.
KATIMA (Swan 54, 4 meetings), BEDOUIN (Swan 53, 4 meetings), CYGNET (Swan 44 (Frers), 4 meetings), KUINI (Swan 46, 4 meetings), MIA (Swan 48, 4 meetings), AN SAOIRSE (Swan 54, 4 meetings), PERI (Swan 55 (Frers), 4 meetings), SKYE (Swan 53, 4 meetings), FUJIN (Swan 55 (Frers), 4 meetings), TORTUGA AZUL (Swan 55 (Frers), 4 meetings), ALEGHER (Swan 55 (Frers), 4 meetings), 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), VERTIGO (Swan 54, 4 meetings), PAPILLON (Swan 48, 4 meetings), DARING SISTERS (Swan 42, 4 meetings), RETARDE (Swan 58, 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), VESPER (Swan 51, 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 WHIMSEA compares with a typical Swan 48
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Swan 48s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Swan 48; 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 48 on the beam reach.
Speed at every angle
WHIMSEA in blue, a typical Swan 48 dashed.
WHIMSEA in blue, a typical Swan 48 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Swan 48s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Swan 48
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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