ClubSwan 43
The ClubSwan 43 is a Finnish sailboat that was designed by Juan Kouyoumdjian as a one design racer-cruiser, with first deliveries expected in 2024. The interior design is by Lucio Micheletti and engineering by Pure Design & Engineering of New Zealand.
The boat was originally designed with a length overall of and an initial designation of ClubSwan 41, but was lengthened to comply with new Offshore Racing Congress Cat B rules.
Production
The design will be built by Fibre Mechanics in Lymington, England, for the manufacturer, Oy Nautor AB of Finland. This will be the first Swan-series boat built in the United Kingdom. First deliveries are expected in 2024.Design
The ClubSwan 43 is a racing keelboat, built predominantly of E-glass, with carbon fibre reinforcement. It has a fractional sloop rig with a fixed bowsprit, with a deck-stepped mast and carbon fibre spars. The hull has a plumb stem, an open plumb transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by dual wheels and a fixed fin keel with a weighted bulb. It displaces.The boat has a draft of with the standard keel.
The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 3JH5E diesel engine of for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of. There is also a holding tank.
The design has sleeping accommodation for six people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, two straight settees in the main cabin and two aft cabins, each with a double berth. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove, an ice box and a double sink. The head is located amidships on the starboard side.
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with an asymmetrical spinnaker of, flown from the bowsprit.