Swan 50
OY Nautor AB · Juan Kouyoumdjian · 2016
Updated
The Swan 50 is a 15.23 m planing racing yacht designed by Juan Kouyoumdjian and built by OY Nautor AB, first launched in 2016. It races in Class 0. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 90% of the designs it races against.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 90% of the boats it races against.
2nd of 11 in its class.
Updated — First Race Edge for this design. Enough boats of this design have now been measured to rank it. It is strongest in light, medium and heavy air.
Not verified. On planing hulls this score has no match in the race results we hold: designs scoring the same win anywhere from one race in ten to seven in ten. Read it as what the measurements say, not as a ranking.
This design has been found in real race results — 18 starts across 1 event — not only in measurement files.
Length
15.23 m
50′ 0″
Beam
4.21 m
Draft
3.46 m
Displacement
8.2 t
Sail area
159 m²
On the podium
Where a Swan 50 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 18 starts by 2 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 18 starts by 2 boats between 2025, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Swan 50 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
ORC European Championship 2025 / 43rd Copa del Rey MAPFRE2025
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: 2 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Swan 50 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Some of the boats it races against
How the Swan 50 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
6.87
37°
Beam reach
11.97
90°
Broad reach
14.68
135°
Downwind VMG
11.89
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.
It needs pressure to show what it can do. On a windy coastal course it is in its element; on a light-air windward-leeward it has to be sailed well to hold on.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on the run when it blows, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage cracked off 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 1.0 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Swan 50
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.84 | 6.18 | 6.62 | 6.87 |
| 52° | 7.37 | 8.94 | 9.39 | 9.75 |
| 60° | 7.79 | 9.27 | 9.79 | 10.23 |
| 75° | 8.08 | 9.71 | 10.42 | 11.06 |
| 90° | 7.94 | 9.78 | 10.92 | 11.97 |
| 110° | 7.51 | 9.75 | 10.89 | 13.00 |
| 120° | 7.32 | 9.89 | 11.38 | 13.28 |
| 135° | 6.63 | 9.38 | 11.52 | 14.68 |
| 150° | 5.52 | 8.29 | 10.10 | 13.73 |
| Run VMG | 4.78 | 7.18 | 8.75 | 11.89 |
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 980 kg.
Rigging
Swan 50 rig and sail dimensions
A Swan 50 carries 20.05 m of mainsail hoist on a 7.23 m boom, a forestay 19.79 m above the deck and a 8.24 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 4 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails