Swan 65-S&S Sailboats for Sale

Drawing Diagram

Builder drawing

Hull Type

Monohull · fin

Rig

Masthead Sloop

LOA

65.09' · 19.84 m

Disp.

70,000 lbs · 31,751 kg

First year

1972

In 1972, Nautor’s Swan launched a yacht that would fundamentally redefine the limits of seriesbuilt fiberglass construction and secure an immortal place in maritime history: the Swan 65. Designed by the legendary American naval architecture firm Sparkman & Stephens (Design No. 2110), this vessel was conceived as a premier oceangoing maxi. At the time of its debut, it was the largest production fiberglass sailing yacht in the world, proving to a skeptical industry that glassreinforced plastic (GRP) possessed the structural integrity required for grueling roundtheworld racing and highlatitude cruising. The model achieved instant global fame when the ketchrigged hull Sayula II won the inaugural 1973–74 Whitbread Round the World Race. This triumph was followed by dominant performances in the 1977–78 Whitbread, where Swan 65s claimed second, fourth, and fifth places overall, cementing a nearcult following among serious bluewater passagemakers. Over a production run spanning from 1972 to 1989, Nautor completed 41 hulls, each built as a semicustom masterpiece of Finnish craftsmanship and American design brilliance.