2008 Nautor Swan 66 | 66ft

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:

• Scantlings, materials and workmanship throughout are consistent with the construction of a light hull, but without any sacrifice of strength of stiffness.
• The hull is built in a female mould using vacuum assisted resin infusion.
• The bottom is of single skin construction, the topsides of foam-cored sandwich, using glass/aramid hybrid fibre reinforced vinylester laminate.
• A high proportion of the fibres are unidirectional, giving a stiff laminate with excellent strength and fatigue properties.
• Structural bulkheads are manufactured by using vacuum assisted resin infusion, and of foam-cored sandwich with carbon fibre skins, and laminated to hull and deck.
• Stiffener flanges are unidirectional carbon lay-ups over foam cores or hollow double bias glass formers.
• Engine beds are of GRP with steel inserts; special care is taken to assure rigid foundation and proper adhesion to hull.
• Gelcoats are of weather resistant NGA type.
• Topside colour is white, boot top, cove stripe and coaming stripe in green.
• Clear gelcoat below waterline.
• Flotation reference marks at bow and stern.
• Bottom treated with epoxy primer for improved blistering resistance, and antifouled.
• Composite main shroud chain plates bonded to hull and to reinforced structural knees.
• Recessed stainless steel headstay chainplate and deck level composite backstay chain plates attached to hull structure.

Keel & Rudder:

• The keel is lead casting alloyed with antimony and bolted to a bottom grid.
• Keel bolts are of high-tensile stainless steel.
• Foam filled blade with carbon fibre/epoxy skins and carbon fibre stock, supported by two self-aligning bearings.