Swan 47-2
sailboat class
The Swan 47-2, also called the Swan 47-2 S&S CB and the NYYC 48, is a Finnish sailboat that was designed by Sparkman & Stephens as an offshore cruiser-racer and first built in 1976.
The design is a centreboard-equipped development of the deep-draft keel Swan 47 of 1975.
Production
The design was built by Oy Nautor AB in Finland, from 1976 to 1984, with 10 boats completed, but it is now out of production.
Design
The Swan 47-2 is a racing keelboat, built predominantly of polyester glassfibre, with wood trim. The hull is solid fibreglass, while the deck is of fibreglass sandwich construction. It has a masthead sloop rig, with a keel-stepped mast, two sets of unswept spreaders and aluminum spars with discontinuous stainless steel rod rigging. The hull has a raked stem; a raised counter reverse transom; a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a stub keel with a retractable centreboard. It displaces 34,400 lb (15,604 kg) and carries 17,500 lb (7,938 kg) of lead ballast.
The boat has a draft of 8.00 ft (2.44 m) with the standard keel.
The boat is fitted with a Swedish Volvo Penta MD21A diesel engine of 61 hp (45 kW) for docking and manoeuvring.
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