Nautor Swan 65

Iconic S&S Swan 65, a true ocean greyhound with capabilities far beyond most modern yachts, SAIDA is known as one of the most elegant classic S&S Swan yachts of all time.

FURTHER BROKER’S COMMENTS:

Hull #5 of 41 built in the Swan 65 series (1973–1989), S&S design #2110. Designed by Sparkman & Stephens as Nautor's flagship model, at the time of her launch she was the largest GRP-constructed yacht on the market, and remains one of the most famous Swan models ever built, owing to her extraordinary racing pedigree.

On 1st June 1973, at 79 Madison Avenue, New York, Sparkman & Stephens completed Design No. 2110. Nautor, already the most respected yard in the industry, began production immediately, and a legend was born: the Swan 65.

Arguably one of the most iconic and instantly recognisable yachts of all time, the Swan 65 remains one of S&S's most successful designs, built to a standard of quality that Nautor has never repeated since.
She offers great sailing combined with genuine seaworthiness, equally at home on serious offshore passages as on the regatta circuit.

A Swan 65, Sayula II, won the inaugural Whitbread Round the World Race in 1973/74. In the following edition, another Swan 65, King's Legend, finished second, beaten only by the aluminium Flyer, while a third, ADC Accutrac, finished fifth under Clare Francis, the race's first female skipper.
Few production designs in sailing history can claim such a record.

SAIDA's classic S&S layout offers comfortable, well-proportioned living aboard: a private owner's stateroom forward, a spacious main salon amidships with dedicated chart table, two guest staterooms aft, and a well-equipped galley. A separate crew berth forward of the collision bulkhead, independent from the guest accommodation, completes the layout, ideal for extended cruising with family, guests, and crew.

SAIDA has been owned for over a decade by a lifelong sailor with more than 40 years' experience, from youth dinghy racing through decades of Mediterranean cruising. Seeking more than a production yacht, a boat with genuine history, presence, and the pedigree to be sailed anywhere in the world, her owner commissioned a complete refit in 2023 with Nautor Swan Global Service, carried out to the highest standard while preserving the yacht's original character, including structural reinforcement at the mast bases.

SAIDA (SUI 4365) has continued to prove her competitive edge. At the 2022 Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez Maxi Yachts, she won Course 1 outright and led her 14-boat Trophée Torpez group wire-to-wire, taking the overall class win, a strong testament to both her performance potential and the quality of her preparation.
In 2024, she went on to win St. Maarten Heineken Regatta in the Swan 65 class.

SAIDA boasts many specification highlights including:-
• 4-cabin, 3-heads interior layout finished with teak interior joinery
• Reverse transom
• 2.90m draft keel
• Twin cockpit layout with aft helm cockpit and central guest cockpit
• Awlgrip ‘Snow White’ painted topsides
• Replaced teak decks - 2016
• White-painted aluminium mast and mizzen
• Aluminium booms, jockey pole and (removable) bowsprit
• Carbon spinnaker pool
• Removable inner forestay for staysail
• Lewmar hydraulic, electric and manual self-tailing winch package
• B&G H5000 navigation instruments
• B&G Zeus chart plotters (9’’ at helm and 16’’ at navigation table) with B&G HALO radar
• AIS transceiver
• Iridium GO satellite phone system
• Perkins Sabre h6-354M 115hp 4-cylinder engine with JProp 3-bladed feathering propeller
• MaxPower hydraulic retractable bowthruster VIP HYD 250
• Paguro 12Kw diesel generator
• Victron battery charger and inverter package
• 90 litres per hours reverse osmosis watermaker Eco-Sistems modular S-90 12/24V DC
• 220vAC reverse-cycle air-conditioning system
• 24vDC ventilation fans
• Multiple fridge/freezers with 24vDC compressors
• Johnson SPX-Flow fresh or salt water electric heads
• Candy Aqua 4kgs washing machine
• Passerelle
• Force 4d with aluminum hull and 15HP Honda outboard engine

Swiss-flagged and EU VAT paid, SAIDA is available for immediate delivery afloat in Barcelona, Spain.

RACE RESULTS:
• St. Maarten Heineken Regatta 2024: 4th (CSA 1 Class) and 1st (Swan 65 Class)
• Antigua Classic Regatta 2024: 2nd (Modern Class)
• Antigua Sailing Week 2024: 2nd (Club Class Max)
• Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez (Maxi Class 4/5) : 1st (2022), 3rd (2023 & 2025), 5th (2021), 6th (2024)
• Vela Clasica Menorca 2023: 9th (Spirit of Tradition Class)
• Portofino Regate di Primavera 2022: 8th (IRC)

RECENT REFIT HIGHLIGHTS (2023 at Nautor Swan Global Service):

• Painting and anti-corrosion treatment of the masts- and booms
• New standing and running rigging
• Winches services
• New deck hatches and windows
• Full overhaul of the engine
• Clean and update electric system (remove old wires, clean isolation faults,...)
• Reinforce main structure of the boat on the mast bases.
• Clean and repair tanks (fuel and water)
• Refurbish and varnish floorboards
• New CANDY washing machine
• New B&G navigation hard- and software
• New ECOSISTEMS PRO S-90 watermaker
• New Victron Phoenix MultiPlus 24/3000/70-30 Inverter/charger
• New electrical bilge pumps (WHALE and RULE)
• New Salt Water System and Manifold
• Service on Genset and Bow Thruster
• Servicing Steering Geer
• News taps, electrical toilets (fresh or salt water), showers and mirrors in all bathrooms
• New compressors for Fridge and Freezer (Air cooled)
• Servicing A/C system
• Check and replace Seacocks
• Refit and upgrade of fuel system (incl. new hoses and manifold)
• New canvas for dinghy / new sprayhood
• New Gangway

OWNER’S COMMENTS:

I have been sailing for over 45 years now. In my younger years a dinghy regattas (Fireball 470) at home and abroad, at long-distance regattas on Swiss lakes and for more than 20 years with friends again and again on a cruise, most often in the Mediterranean. Almost 10 years ago, for various reasons, I had a strong desire to have my own sailboat. For me, however, it was always clear that it should not be just any sailing boat from the large series. I wanted more than that. I wanted a boat with an incomparable history and aura. I wanted an incomparable beauty. But I also wanted a boat with which I could perhaps even sail around the world.

DESIGNER’S COMMENTS:

In hull form and general character, the Swan 65 clearly typifies a successful development under the IOR. She has proven to be an excellent cruising boat and it appears that the success of the class is based on the preference of the cruising owner rather than the racing owner.

Although the very happy result of the Round the World Race is convincing the evidence that the boat is not slow, two major factors in Sayula’s Round the World win were her strength and her controllability.

The major thrust of our design effort was to use the already successful Dora (e.d. design 2089 won the 1979 Fastnet Race) as a starting point for a slightly larger design and to modify that design in terms of displacement and structure so as to adopt it to fiberglass construction in such a way as to provide an extremely strong hull. Clearly these objectives were met and if the racing success of the 65 has been less than that of Dora, I think it is largely because of the conservative rig which is better adapted to cruising than to racing.

Most of the 65’s carry the standard ketch rig. The several that have been built with a single masted rig have not been engaged in very much competition.

Her interior seems both practical and attractive. She has good headroom throughout and the owner’s stateroom is generously roomy, the two guest staterooms are also roomy, and the forepeak can be used by one or two paid hands or guests. The location of the galley aft and the chart table adjacent to the companionway seems to have worked out well. Cockpit space is generous and the deck over all is both comfortable and practical. The Volvo auxiliary, an MD32, provides excellent performance under power.

While there may be some feeling that the divided keel and skeg arrangement is undesirable for cruising, I personally do not accept this criticism, feeling rather that when the skeg and rudder are adequate size and the other characteristics of the boat are in balance, one can get excellent control with a relatively shirt keel. In turn, the short keel which minimizes wetted surface permits good performance in light as well heavy weather with a small rig, which is ideal from the cruising man’s point of view. This seems to me the right way to design a modern auxiliary, whether intended primarily for cruising or for racing.

OLIN J. STEPHENS II