The Swan 88 is a Finnish

maxi yacht A maxi yacht usually refers to a racing yacht of at least in length. Origin The term ''maxi'' originated with the International Offshore Rule (IOR) rating system, which in the 1970s and 1980s measured offshore racing yachts and applied a single ...

that was designed by

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and is under development as a

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- racer. The deck engineering was done by Micheletti+Partners and the interior design by

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Production

The design was announced in December 2020 and will be built by

Oy Nautor AB Oy Nautor Ab is a Finnish producer of luxury sailing yachts, based in Jakobstad. It is known for its ''Nautor's Swan'' range of yachts models. The company was founded in 1966 by Pekka Koskenkylä. The designers Nautor has worked with four nav ...

in Finland. The first boat sold was ordered by a customer in early 2021, for delivery in 2023.

Design

The Swan 88 is a recreational

keelboat A keelboat is a riverine cargo-capable working boat, or a small- to mid-sized recreational sailing yacht. The boats in the first category have shallow structural keels, and are nearly flat-bottomed and often used leeboards if forced in open w ...

, built predominantly of

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, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig with a fixed

bowsprit The bowsprit of a sailing vessel is a spar (sailing), spar extending forward from the vessel's prow. The bowsprit is typically held down by a bobstay that counteracts the forces from the forestay, forestays. The bowsprit’s purpose is to create ...

, with three sets of swept spreaders. The hull has a

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, a

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with a drop-down tailgate swimming platform, a

dinghy A dinghy is a type of small boat, often carried or Towing, towed by a Watercraft, larger vessel for use as a Ship's tender, tender. Utility dinghies are usually rowboats or have an outboard motor. Some are rigged for sailing but they diffe ...

garage, dual internally mounted spade-type

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s controlled by dual

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and a fixed fin

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, optional shoal-draft keel or

lifting keel A centreboard or centerboard (US) is a retractable hull appendage which pivots out of a slot in the hull of a sailboat, known as a ''centreboard trunk'' (UK) or ''centerboard case'' (US). The retractability allows the centreboard to be raised to ...

. It displaces and carries of ballast. It is designed to sail at an optimal heeling angle of 20 degrees. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel and with the optional shoal draft keel. The lifting keel version has a draft of with the keel extended and with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water. The boat will be fitted with a hybrid electric-propulsion system for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds and the

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tank has a capacity of . The design has sleeping accommodation for 12 people in six cabins, with a double island berth in the bow cabin, a starboard forward cabin with a double berth, two L-shaped settees in the main salon, two aft midship cabins, each with two singles and two aft cabins, each with a double berth. The

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is located aft on the port side. The galley is U-shaped and is equipped with a four-burner stove, a refrigerator, freezer and a double sink. A navigation station is in the salon, on the port side. There are five heads fitted. The deck is divided into four areas, with a "sunset lounge" seating area forward, the cockpit, an aft guest cockpit and the swimming platform when the tailgate is lowered. For reaching and sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a

gennaker A gennaker is a sail that was developed before the 1980s. Used when sailing downwind, it is a cross between a genoa and a spinnaker. It is not symmetric like a true spinnaker but is asymmetric like a genoa, but the gennaker is not attached to ...

of .

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* {{Sailboat types built by Nautor Swan Keelboats 2020s sailboat type designs Sailing yachts Sailboat type designs by Germán Frers Sailboat types built by Nautor Swan

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