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Review of Swan 432


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Swan 432 is a large sailboat.

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Hull
The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season.

Keel

The Swan 432 has been built with more than one type of keel.

One option is a long keel. A long keel provide a better directional stability than a similar boat with a fin keel; on the other hand, better directional stability means also that the boat is more difficult to handle in a harbour with less space.

Another option is a fin keel. The fin keel is the most common keel and provides splendid manoeuvrability. The downside is that it has less directional stability than a long keel.

The boat can enter most marinas as the draft is just about 1.77 - 1.87 meter (5.81 - 6.11 ft) dependent on the load.


Engine

The boat is typically equipped with an inboard Volvo Penta diesel engine.


Sailing characteristics

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

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Sailing statistics

This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.

Sorry, we do not have sufficient statistical information available for this boat to provide a significant reliable analysis.

Maintenance

Rig

Dimensions of sail.

mainsail specifications headsail specifications

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If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful.



Guiding dimensions of running rig
UsageLengthDiameter
Mainsail halyard 39.4 m(129.3 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard39.4 m(129.3 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Spinnaker halyard39.4 m(129.3 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Jib sheet 14.0 m(45.8 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Genoa sheet14.0 m(45.8 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Mainsheet 34.9 m(114.6 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet30.7 m(100.8 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Cunningham4.6 m(15.2 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Kickingstrap9.3 m(30.4 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Clew-outhaul9.3 m(30.4 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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Finally

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