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ike every new model we produce, throughout the design and build process we spend a great deal of time looking at data, drawings and renderings and the Swan


108 was no exception. But when she came out of the mould for the first time we knew we had something special,’ says Nautor Group CEO Giovanni Pomati. It is difficult to think of a time when the


Finnish builders haven’t been busy, but in recent years and despite the recent global challenges, the rate of production has ramped up with new models streaming into a comprehensive range that is constantly evolving. Naturally, evolution is no accident for a company that has been producing luxury offshore yachts for 57 years, neither is their reputation for leading by example. But the need to produce elegant yachts has been an underlying constant as well throughout this time. ‘As a company we are obsessed with


being as modern as possible,’ continues Pomati. ‘Along with our reputation for producing beautiful yachts, which we clearly want to maintain, it’s a fast-moving world and looking old is not an option. Elegance is in Swan’s DNA and when it came to creating the 108 one of our primary goals was to produce the most beautiful blue water maxi Swan to date.’ An ambitious goal perhaps, but with the


‘When the 108 came out of the mould we knew we had something special’


success of the Swan 98, 115 and 120 the company had the enviable advantage of considerable experience in this area. The superyacht arena has been particularly successful for Nautor and this provided a key datum for their


thinking when they were creating the 108. ‘Each of the boats in the group played


an important part in the development of the 108,’ Pomati continues. ‘Aside from being a great looking boat and a good performer, the 98 brought Swan back into the superyacht world with maxis that were not aimed solely at racing but were


Elegance is a major preoccupation for the top brass at Nautor and when they began to design their new flagship Swan 108, one of the project’s primary objectives was to produce the most beautiful maxi Swan to date


focused on performance cruising. ‘The four 115s that we built made it


clear that it was possible to combine all of our previous experience with custom construction as they represented different approaches. Two of them, Solleone and Shamanna, were cruising yachts and represent milestones for Swan, while the other two, Highland Fling and Odin, were successful racing boats. ‘So, what we learned from the 115s


and the 98s was that it was possible to take some of the key production elements and combine them with a custom build. This saved a great deal of time and expense and yet still allowed busy and active owners to take delivery of their perfect boat without the extra costs, complexity and longer time frames that are sometimes involved in a fully custom boat. ‘That was one of our starting points for the 108, another was to create a completely new and up-to-date hull shape.’ With these two key goals in mind and


given that appearance was high on the list, it was perhaps inevitable that one of


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