Review of Swan 56

Basic specs.

The Swan 56 is a large sailboat designed by the Argentine maritime architect Germán Frers in the late nineties. Less than 100 boats have been produced. The Swan 56 is built by the Finnish yard OY Nautor AB.

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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 boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 3.38 - 3.48 meter (11.09 - 11.39 ft) dependent on the load.

Engine

The boat is typically equipped with an inboard Yanmar 4JH2-UTBE diesel engine at 96.0 hp (71 kW).

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.

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Maintenance

Rig

Dimensions of sail.

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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**
Usage	Length		Diameter
Mainsail halyard	52.0 m	(170.8 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard	52.0 m	(170.8 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Spinnaker halyard	52.0 m	(170.8 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Jib sheet	17.2 m	(56.4 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Genoa sheet	17.2 m	(56.4 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Mainsheet	43.0 m	(141.0 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet	37.8 m	(124.1 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Cunningham	6.6 m	(21.8 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Kickingstrap	13.3 m	(43.6 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Clew-outhaul	13.3 m	(43.6 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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Finally

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References

[Ref 1]: ISO 8666 Small craft — Principal data.
[Ref 3]: ISO 12215-5 Small craft — Hull construction and scantlings.