2001 Nautor Swan 80 | 82ft

RCD Status: The yacht conforms with the essential safety requirements of Directive 94/25EC or RCDII (2013/53/EU as appropriate (Recreational Craft Directive) and is categorised A - “Ocean”.

Hull, Deck & Superstructure Construction:

• Swan 82 mould with increased freeboard/headroom and larger at the stern.
• The hull is single skin construction using glass/aramid hybrid fibre reinforced vinylester laminate with carbon fibre reinforcements. A high proportion of the fibres are unidirectional, giving a stiff laminate with excellent strength and fatigue properties. 
• Stiffener flanges are unidirectional carbon lay-ups over foam cores. 
• Engine beds are of GRP with steel inserts. 
• Structural bulkheads are Nomex honeycomb cored carbon fibre epoxy prepreg construction and laminated to hull and deck.
• Carbon fibre chain plates for the main shrouds are bonded to the hull and reinforce the structure to the bulkhead.
• Six hull windows, flush with frame and hull on outside.
• Hull and deck in white gelcoat with blue stripes.
• Double blue stripes on house coaming.
• The deck is a carbon fibre pre-preg sandwich construction with a Nomex honeycomb core, bonded/glued to the hull.
• Laid teak on side deck, cockpit soles and seats new deck installed 2012, refitted 2023.
• 30mm teak toe rail.
• Long cockpit seats either side of centreline table.
• Bridge deck connects centre cockpit and sailing cockpit.

Keel & Rudder:

• Modified bulb keel, 700kg heavier than earlier 80’s (it then became standard from 80-006).
• Ballast: 15,700kg / 34,612lb.
• Carbon fibre spade rudder with two self-aligning roller bearings.
• JP3 rudder bearings, upper and lower - new 2024. Rudder checked whilst out.