1986 Nautor Swan 61 | 60ft

RCD Status: Our understanding is that the yacht is exempt from the essential safety requirements of the Recreational Craft Directive as she was built and placed into use within the EU prior to 1998.  

• Hull topsides painted (dark blue) in Finland 2007/8, (she was previously white, but pale blue as original and as featured in Nautor Swan 61 brochure!) still in good shape after care and maintenance.
• Hull built of glass fibre reinforced polyester by hand laying-up method, using alternate layers of mat and roving. Stiffeners are laid up over foam cores and reinforced with unidirectional glass.
• Structural bulkheads are of marine grade waterproof plywood laminated to hull and deck. Engine beds are of GRP with steel inserts. Special care is taken to assure rigid foundation and proper adhesion to hull.
• The mast is stepped through the deck onto a metal mast step with movable shoe for mast rake adjustment. Tie rods at main mast. Laminated reinforcements on the main bulkhead for the stainless-steel chain plates.
• Deck is made in foam-cored GRP sandwich construction. Single laminate with aluminium back-up plates under deck fittings.
• Teak deck and cockpit. New teak, 14mm – 2020/21.
• Teak toerail installed at the same time as the new teak deck.
• Teak hatch frames and handrails, sheet and halyard cleats. 
• Anodized aluminium toe rail with one pair of hawse holes amidships and drain holes where necessary.
• Pulpit, pushpit and lifeline stanchions of stainless-steel, with bases bolted through deck.
• Stem head fitting of stainless-steel with double chain roller and headsail tack attachment.
• Standard transom (giving LOA of 18.44m).

• Ballast keel is lead casting with antimony.
• Cast-in keel bolts are of high-tensile stainless steel.
• Spade rudder of foam filled GRP with stainless-steel stock, supported by two roller bearings.
• Shallow draft Scheel keel 2.4m (instead of 3.1m).
• New rudder blade and rudder bearing – 2017.