2021 Nautor Swan 48 | 52ft

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 & Superstructure Construction:

• Scantlings, materials and workmanship throughout are consistent with the construction of a light hull, but without any sacrifice of strength or stiffness.
• The hull topsides are foam cored glass fibre reinforced vinylester construction. Hull bottom is monolithic for increased impact resistance.
• The layup is vacuum assisted vinylester resin infusion in a female mould.
• All transverse and longitudinal stiffeners are glass fibre layups with unidirectional fibre reinforcements on tops. Engine bed is integrated in the GRP bottom grid and has steel inserts for bolts. Special care is taken to assure rigid foundation and proper adhesion to hull.
• Forepeak and lazarette structural watertight bulkheads are built in a sandwich construction of foam core and glass fibre reinforced vinylester laminate.
• Other structural bulkheads are of marine plywood.
• Stainless steel headstay – main shrouds – and backstay chain plates are bolted to the hull laminate.
• Vacuum infusion post cured.
• Gelcoats are of weather-resistant type.
• Topside gelcoat colour is Ashland white.
• Boot top and cove stripe gelcoat colour is dark blue.
• Massively constructed, oversized bottom structure.
• Jotun bottom paint. Colour – black.
• Maxi style toerail with space for principal deck gear.
• All tanks and most of the loads on the bottom of the yacht.
• Antifouling (2024).
• Topsides polished (2024).
• New zinc anodes (2024).

Deck Construction:

• Scantlings, materials and workmanship throughout are consistent with the construction of a light deck without sacrificing strength of stiffness.
• Deck is of sandwich construction, using multiaxial glass fibre reinforced vinylester laminate and a low-density closed cell foam core.
• High-density core of solid laminate in way of deck fittings.
• External surfaces that are not teak covered have a gelcoat finish.
• Coaming and coach roof gelcoat colour is Ashland white.
• Coaming stripe gelcoat colour is dark blue.
• Teak deck of 36x9mm teak battens with 4mm black caulking.
• Side decks, bathing platform, cockpit sole and seats are teak covered.
• Teak deck is vacuum packed and bonded to the deck with epoxy.
• Teak on coach roof, nominal thickness 6mm.
• Teak on coamings, in way of winches, nominal thickness 6mm.
• Open transom with foldable steps down to swimming platform.
• Platform is operated via a wired remote control located inside the lazarette deck hatch.
• Pair of swim ladder fittings on transom platform.

Keel & Rudder:

• The keel is of SG420/12 cast iron fin assembled to a 3% antimonial lead bulb.
• Keel bolts are of A4-70 stainless steel.
• Twin rudder steering system with double steering wheels.
• Rudders of PVC-foam cored glass fibre reinforced polyester laminate with tapered hi-tensile stainless-steel stock.
• Each rudder bearing is supported by two self-aligning bearings.
• A weed deflector is in front of each rudder.
• Twin rudders have new bearings - top and bottom (2024).