The primary Swan 108, dubbed Fancy by her French house owners, was created with the intention to, “seamlessly mix the virtues of velocity with magnificence, power, reliability, and, above all, to create a hull that ensures the consolation and security for each the proprietor and company whereas crusing in situations prone to be encountered whereas cruising middle-distance passages,” stated naval architect Germán Frers, who designed the hull of the Swan 108.
Exterior design got here from the Milan-based Micheletti + Companions and the inside was created in-house by Nautor Swan, with a group headed by designer Misa Poggi. The idea for the Swan 108 had simply been introduced when the house owners of hull one linked with the Finnish builder.
Craving extra space and luxury for his or her household of seven, the house owners have been seeking to make a large step up from their earlier yacht, a Beneteau Oceanis 62. The notion of taking over a virtually 20m leap in LOA between boats was made with the simultaneous concept of getting a crew to assist with the day-to-day operating of the boat.
With the steerage of the proprietor’s consultant and yacht mission supervisor Ulysse Harin, the house owners consulted with all the highest builders of high-end cruiser/racer crusing yachts to discover a builder that provided confirmed design whereas permitting the house owners to make customisations that might greatest swimsuit their wants.
They have been drawn to the Swan Maxi line, which blended crusing efficiency and luxury. Fancy’s house owners are a big household, each in quantity, with 5 kids in tow, and in addition in stature. “The proprietor and his son are each two metres tall – and his son is just 16 years previous, so he’s going to get larger,” stated Harin.
The in-house design group at Nautor Swan partnered with structural engineers to optimise deck stiffeners, permitting ceiling heights in all essential dwelling areas to supply greater than 205cm of clearance. It’s customisations like these that shall be appreciated by Fancy’s house owners in addition to her constitution clientele, because the yacht can be on the constitution market.
The Swan 108 boasts many design firsts for the general Nautor Swan fleet. This features a new aft design, which sees a whole portion of the aft deck raise up and decrease right down to sea degree to create an 18m swim platform that may be arrange as a seashore membership.
“This isn’t simply the transom opening,” stated Vanni Gaigani, head of product advertising and marketing for Swan and Maxi Swan yachts. “The entire mechanism was designed by us and absolutely inbuilt Finland.”
The Swan 108 can be the primary to characteristic a glossy new coachroof fashion designed by Micheletti + Companions. Additionally notable is the position of the mast, which sits on high of the coachroof, slightly than in entrance as could be seen on different yachts. Likewise, whereas many giant luxurious crusing yachts disguise the mast away inside a field or tuck it behind a bulkhead within the inside, Fancy’s mast is on full show, as per her proprietor’s request.
The curved home windows within the coach roof above assist pure gentle filter down into the primary saloon, which is shiny in its materials decisions. The proprietor’s temporary for the inside was easy: area, gentle and luminosity. Poggi and the group at Nautor Swan achieved this by mixing gentle and darkish colors and a wide range of textures to create a way of spaciousness and curiosity.
“Mild colors and supplies are used on the verticals, contrasted by a grounding earthy color of the decrease furnishings parts and flooring,” stated Heini Gustafsson, senior mission architect, styling, at Nautor Swan.
“A part of Swan DNA is to make use of actual wooden veneers, which was appreciated by the house owners,” Gustafsson added. The inside design group additionally created a number of 4 inside motif examples, which, if chosen by future house owners of the Swan 108 sequence, will save money and time over making a extra customised inside.
Choices abound within the structure of Swan 108 as properly. An ordinary configuration, which is seen on Fancy, has grasp cabin and VIP ahead, whereas two twin-bed cabins are aft of the primary saloon, adjoining to the crew quarters. Quite a lot of cockpit configurations are on provide as properly.
Whereas racing wasn’t their ambition for Fancy, as skilled sailors and racers, the house owners put a precedence on efficiency.
Happily, each Nautor Swan and longtime collaborator Germán Frers are identified for crafting high-performance crusing yachts. Frers utilised computational fluid dynamics (CFD) evaluation to optimise the hull design to supply a clean trip even in heavier situations.
“We wished to copy the sensation of steering a small boat even on this measurement,” Gaigani stated. To satisfy this intention, the Swan 108 was outfitted with a conventional steering circuit that provides sensible suggestions to whomever is on the helm, which within the case of Fancy will typically be her house owners.
Fancy’s sail plan additionally meets the purpose for joyful crusing, with North Sails offering a complete sail space of 1,448sqm, whereas Corridor Spars supplied the carbon spars and the rigging is ECsix by Future Fibres.
Nautor Swan crusing yachts are largely designed in Italy, inbuilt Finland, and now could have an enhanced presence in Asia. Simpson Marine, Asia’s largest yacht dealership, is the unique consultant in Asia for Nautor Swan.
Whether or not the Swan 108 is plying the waters of the Mediterranean or Asia, her glossy design, beautiful crusing efficiency and considerate customisations are positive to get her seen.
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