ClubSwan 43
Nautor Swan · Juan Kouyoumdjian · 2024
Updated
The ClubSwan 43 is a 13.08 m planing racing yacht designed by Juan Kouyoumdjian and built by Nautor Swan, first launched in 2024. It races in Class A.
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 a ClubSwan 43 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
7%
of 30 starts by 4 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 30 starts by 4 boats between 2024 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a ClubSwan 43 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Loro Piana Giraglia2026
ORC European Championship 2025 / 43rd Copa del Rey MAPFRE2025- ORC World Championship2024
Raced one we are missing?
Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat. Here is how this one does in each.
Round the buoys
0%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 8 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a ClubSwan 43 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Sinergia 40 (4 meetings), J/122 (4 meetings), Farr 45 (4 meetings), Swan 46 (4 meetings), M 34 (4 meetings), Eleva 50 (4 meetings), First 36 (4 meetings), Bavaria Match 42 (4 meetings), Comet 51 (4 meetings), Jv 56 (4 meetings), Grand Soleil 43 (Design) (4 meetings), Solaris 50 (4 meetings), Rodman 42 (4 meetings), Cookson 50 (4 meetings), Marten 49 (4 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the ClubSwan 43 has fared against each of them, boat against boat on corrected time. Ordered by how often the two meet, not by who wins.
Speed at every angle
The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.
Upwind VMG
6.30
37°
Beam reach
10.78
90°
Broad reach
13.46
135°
Downwind VMG
10.80
170°
Speed in knots at 20 knots of true wind. Green marks the angles that pay: the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Where it wins and where it pays
Every boat is judged against its own measurements — length, weight, sail area. The quicker those say it should be, the more it has to deliver just to break even. Going fast is not enough: it has to go faster than its own numbers promised.
The stronger it blows, the better this design looks. Give it a fresh day and long legs and it delivers more than it promised; in a drifter it is working uphill.
Where it gains
Its best ground is running deep in a strong breeze, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage off the wind as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
There is no condition where it falls away badly, which is worth something over a season of mixed weather.
Above the line it delivers more than promised and gains on the fleet. Below, it falls short. 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 this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a ClubSwan 43
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.46 | 5.71 | 6.10 | 6.30 |
| 52° | 6.74 | 8.21 | 8.59 | 8.87 |
| 60° | 7.17 | 8.48 | 8.91 | 9.28 |
| 75° | 7.48 | 8.74 | 9.43 | 10.00 |
| 90° | 7.39 | 8.86 | 9.78 | 10.78 |
| 110° | 7.18 | 9.05 | 10.04 | 11.39 |
| 120° | 6.96 | 9.11 | 10.45 | 12.06 |
| 135° | 6.30 | 8.71 | 10.48 | 13.46 |
| 150° | 5.28 | 7.78 | 9.38 | 12.48 |
| Run VMG | 4.56 | 6.73 | 8.13 | 10.80 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 950 kg.
Rigging
ClubSwan 43 rig and sail dimensions
A ClubSwan 43 carries 17.90 m of mainsail hoist on a 6.12 m boom, a forestay 17.31 m above the deck and a 7.37 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 4 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 187 to 204 m² depending on bowsprit and set-up. Before ordering a sail, read the figure on your own measurement record rather than the typical one for the design.