Swan 77

The Swan 77 is a Finnish sailboat that was designed by Germán Frers as a blue water cruiser-racer and first built in 1992.

Production
The design was built by Oy Nautor AB in Finland, from 1992 until 2003, with 10 boats completed, but it is now out of production.

Design
The Swan 77 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig; a raked stem, a raised counter, reverse transom; an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 112435 lb and carries 39683 lb of lead ballast.

The boat has a draft of 11.15 ft with the standard keel.

The boat is fitted with a British Perkins Engines diesel engine of 220 hp for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds 459 u.s.gal and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 462 u.s.gal.

Interiors fitted vary, but typical is one with sleeping accommodation for eight people, with a single berth in the forepeak two bunk beds in the forward cabin, two U-shaped settees in the main cabin, two mid cabins one with two bunk beds and the other a single berth, and an aft cabin with a double berth on the port side, plus a large settee. The galley is located on the starboard side just forward of the main cabin. The galley is an open "L"-shape and is equipped with a four-burner stove, an ice box and a double sink. A navigation station is on the starboard side of the companionway steps. There are five heads, one for each cabin.

The design has a hull speed of 10.41 kn and a PHRF handicap of zero.

Operational history
Swedish business man, former chairman of BP and chairman of Volvo, Carl-Henric Svanberg owned and sailed a Swan 77.