Design


The ClubSwan28 is developed in collaboration with Juan Kouyoumdjian


racing circuit and scene, with great parties to follow the racing. After some notable success in the Mediterranean, that’s what Nautor Swan is now bringing to the US. ‘One of our most important missions


has been to create a range of international one-design classes,’ Michetti says. ‘And now, on top of our European regatta series, The Nations League in the Med, we are developing in partnership with American Magic The Nations League USA This will start in February 2026 in Pensacola, Florida, then move for the summer to Newport, Rhode Island, and will culminate with an amazing finale for the season back in Pensacola with the first ClubSwan 28 World Championship.’ ‘Expectations for the ClubSwan 28


It’s rare to see a deck plan as clean and simple as this on a 28ft sports boat with this level of performance. The ClubSwan 28 is a remarkably easy boat to sail


passion for sailing. And on the other side, it’s an offer to the many existing Swan owners who have been sailing increasingly larger boats. This brings them back to the pure essence of sailing, back into close contact with the sea. ‘In collaboration with Juan K we spent


12 months of intensive research, defining what would be the best possible product,’ says Federico Michetti, sport director of Swan One Design and product manager for the ClubSwan 28. ‘We’ve achieved the goal of a boat that is fun, fast, is safe but is also very simple.’ ‘Our aim was to create the perfect


gateway for sportsboat lovers into the Nautor Swan community,’ he says. ‘The


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racing début of the boat was at the Rolex Swan Cup 2024 with five boats on the start line. It was for me a great emotion to see, after so many months of hard work, so many happy faces at the dock.’ ‘The idea was to come up with a boat


that was fun to sail, hi-tech, and represented the modern way of sailing,’ the ClubSwan 28’s naval architect Juan Kouyoumdjian explains. ‘The very innovative aspect of the design that could itself become a benchmark is the rig and the rigging.’ But the ClubSwan concept is broader


than just developing and selling a range of excellent racing yachts. It’s also, and equally, about creating and managing a


circuit in the U.S. are high. If we can deliver a platform for top-level racing with a boat that offers something truly different from anything seen before, I believe that’s exactly what sailors are looking for.’ ‘Pensacola Bay as a venue came to American Magic by chance,’ Hutchinson says. ‘Once we realised what we had truly stumbled upon, not just with Pensacola Bay but with the Pensacola community, how much they’ve embraced the sport of sailing, we’re already starting to see the developing of classes and racing taking place in this area.’ Nautor’s investment in its new US


venture extends beyond the creation of a regatta hub and operations centre in Pensacola. They are also tooling up to build boats there. ‘Pensacola Bay is the home of American


Magic and the partnership we’ve designed with them is made of different pillars,’ Pomati says. ‘Most of these pillars are


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