Swan 66
Nautor Swan · German Frers · 2008
Updated
The Swan 66 is a 20.15 m displacement racing yacht designed by German Frers and built by Nautor Swan, first launched in 2008. It races in Class 0.
Length
20.15 m
66′ 1″
Beam
5.37 m
Draft
3.18 m
Displacement
28.6 t
Sail area
225 m²
On the podium
Where a Swan 66 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
9
Starts
Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.
Read from 9 starts by 2 boats between 2025 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Swan 66 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Rolex Swan Cup2026
Rolex Middle Sea Race2025
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
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Not enough data yet: 2 races 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 designs a Swan 66 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Pac 52 (1 meeting), Sun Fast 3300 (Andrieu) (1 meeting), Sun Fast 3200 (1 meeting), JPK 10.30 (2 meetings), Irc 52 (1 meeting), TP 52 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), Comet 38 (Vallicelli) (1 meeting), Dufour 34 (1 meeting), Arcona 380 (1 meeting), First 40 (1 meeting), Botin 56 (1 meeting), Farr 30 (1 meeting), J/109 (1 meeting), Sun Fast 3600 (1 meeting), Elan 450 (1 meeting), IMX 40 (1 meeting), Cookson 50 (1 meeting), J/111 (1 meeting), First 45 (Briand) (1 meeting), TP 52 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), X-41 (1 meeting), Mat 122 (1 meeting), Swan 42 (3 meetings), Xp 44 (2 meetings), Dufour 44 (1 meeting), J/121 (1 meeting), Dehler 41 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), J/125 (1 meeting), Mat 11.80 (1 meeting), DK 46 (1 meeting), First 45 (Farr) (1 meeting), Neo 400 (1 meeting), Swan 56 (1 meeting), HH 42 (1 meeting), Sydney 43 (1 meeting), Farr 45 (2 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Swan 66 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
6.86
39°
Beam reach
10.96
90°
Broad reach
12.08
135°
Downwind VMG
10.21
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.
Soft conditions suit it. Early-season racing and morning breezes play to its strengths; once it pipes up the fleet comes back to it.
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.
Where it pays
It falls short cracked off once it pipes up, giving away time it never gets back. That is a displacement hull working to its designed speed.
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 beam reach.
How fast is a Swan 66
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.28 | 5.98 | 6.56 | 6.86 |
| 52° | 6.63 | 8.86 | 9.49 | 9.79 |
| 60° | 7.11 | 9.23 | 9.81 | 10.10 |
| 75° | 7.53 | 9.55 | 10.17 | 10.54 |
| 90° | 7.50 | 9.67 | 10.39 | 10.96 |
| 110° | 7.13 | 9.71 | 10.61 | 11.50 |
| 120° | 6.93 | 9.63 | 10.75 | 11.82 |
| 135° | 6.23 | 9.03 | 10.41 | 12.08 |
| 150° | 5.19 | 7.83 | 9.66 | 11.26 |
| Run VMG | 4.49 | 6.78 | 8.47 | 10.21 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 1070 kg.
Rigging
Swan 66 rig and sail dimensions
A Swan 66 carries 25.25 m of mainsail hoist on a 7.60 m boom, a forestay 27.59 m above the deck and a 7.83 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails