Swan 58
Nautor Swan · German Frers · 2019
Updated
The Swan 58 is a 17.94 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by German Frers and built by Nautor Swan, first launched in 2019. It races in Class 0. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 40% of the designs it races against. It is at its best in light air and struggles to hold that once it blows.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 40% of the boats it races against.
7th of 11 in its class.
Updated — Figure recalculated as other designs in its class moved.
This design has been found in real race results — 72 starts across 3 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
17.94 m
58′ 10″
Beam
5.27 m
Draft
2.69 m
Displacement
25.4 t
Sail area
207 m²
On the podium
Where a Swan 58 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
14%
of 72 starts by 15 boats
Wins
3%
Read from 72 starts by 15 boats between 2022 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Swan 58 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Rolex Swan Cup2026- Rolex Swan Cup2024
- Rolex Swan Cup2022
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
7%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
16%
of these races end on the podium
Better the longer it gets. Boats that settle into a groove and hold it gain ground once the course stops turning.
Who she races against
The designs a Swan 58 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Some of the boats it races against
How the Swan 58 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
6.56
40°
Beam reach
10.84
90°
Broad reach
12.29
135°
Downwind VMG
9.74
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 does its best work before the breeze fills in. In the light it does more than its numbers promise, and gives some of that back when the wind arrives.
Where it gains
Its best ground is across the wind once the breeze fills, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage running deep as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short on the run in a strong breeze, giving away time it never gets back. That is a hull that will lift and run given enough breeze.
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 0.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Swan 58
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.07 | 5.69 | 6.26 | 6.56 |
| 52° | 6.39 | 8.52 | 9.18 | 9.50 |
| 60° | 6.88 | 8.91 | 9.53 | 9.84 |
| 75° | 7.24 | 9.25 | 9.92 | 10.34 |
| 90° | 7.17 | 9.29 | 10.10 | 10.84 |
| 110° | 7.14 | 9.54 | 10.46 | 11.43 |
| 120° | 6.96 | 9.54 | 10.66 | 11.89 |
| 135° | 6.29 | 9.05 | 10.36 | 12.29 |
| 150° | 5.25 | 7.91 | 9.64 | 11.21 |
| Run VMG | 4.54 | 6.85 | 8.39 | 9.74 |
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 880 kg.
Rigging
Swan 58 rig and sail dimensions
A Swan 58 carries 24.30 m of mainsail hoist on a 7.70 m boom, a forestay 25.50 m above the deck and a 8.75 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 18 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 254 to 370 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.