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ClubSwan Yachts, the high- performance division of Nautor’s Swan, are celebrating the ClubSwan 50’s selection as European Yacht of the Year 2018 in the Performance Cruiser category by announcing that she’s soon to have a new, much bigger sister. The ClubSwan 50 encapsulates
high-performance sailing developed by Nautor’s Swan after 50 years of success in the boatbuilding business. The ClubSwan concept is high-performance yachts that can also be cruised, that focus on speed, technological innovation and competitive sailing potential, without compromising comfort and style. An award-winning yacht created
by the team at Nautor’s Swan, and designed by Juan Yacht Design, has proved the concept has enormous appeal to owners who want fast, close racing on beautifully finished, cutting-edge yachts – with over 20 ClubSwan 50s sold. Now the concept is about to be
implemented on a completely different scale. Currently in build at the Nautor’s Swan yard in Finland is the ClubSwan 125, a 125ft full carbon racing supermaxi. Aiming to repeat the success enjoyed by the ClubSwan 50, Nautor’s Swan
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commissioned Juan Yacht Design to help them create a boat without limits: the fastest supermaxi ever launched. ‘The main drivers in the
conception of this stunning new project were performance combined with luxury and the ultimate sailing experience,’ said Kouyoumdjian. ‘That means performance in terms of the feelings and sensations that are unique to sailing, combined with extreme comfort in very special interiors. The complete trust of the owner and his desire to create a high-performance superyacht are the perfect ingredients for a designer. We can’t have a better environment.’ The conceptual vision embraces
pioneering design principles to create the ultimate lightweight racing supermaxi yacht. Perhaps the most striking example of the breakthrough design features on this boat is the single C-shaped foil. Part deployed, it offers side force to enable the use of a canting keel; fully deployed, it also offers lift to reduce drag and improve righting moment, and in harbour it rolls away inside the hull. Innovation bursts from every
bulkhead on this boat. She will have
ClubSwan welcome their latest, and somewhat ginormous, family member
Above: it’s not just the reputation for fast yachts of the highest quality that helps Nautor sell boats of this size, it has to be conceded that colour renders like this of a fully powered-up ClubSwan125 must prove more than a little alluring for the lucky few in the market for a dual-purpose maxi of this sort. Black hulls that spend a lot of time in the sun test the lay-up skills of even the best yards, but it’s nothing that this yard has not dealt with successfully in the past
a diesel-hydraulic propulsion system with the engine room forward of the mast to minimise the noise for owner and guests. The prop itself is mounted on a carbon T-foil skeg that retracts into a carbon wetbox to reduce drag. For Enrico Chieffi, vice-president
and director/production line leader of ClubSwan, the challenge was to enhance the ClubSwan team with the expertise required to design the new ClubSwan 125 and build it to the highest standard possible: DNV GL 1A Sail Yacht. ‘We have created a world-class technical team that is capable of dealing with all the aspects of this complex new yacht,’ said Chieffi. ‘Only Nautor’s Swan, with its heritage and experience, could have accepted this challenge.’ The team built by Chieffi reads
like a Who’s Who of supermaxi boatbuilding. Indeed, at their initial meeting ClubSwan 125 project manager Kristian Kjellman noted, ‘The meeting room resembled an America’s Cup launch. I think those present had around 600 years of collective yacht building experience.’ In the build management role,
Peter Wilson, founding partner of Marine Construction Management (MCM) and owner’s representative,
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