Review of Swan 48
Basic specs.
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The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season.
The interior is like most other boats made of teak. Teak has the advantage of being naturally very oily and therefore water-repellent, which is suitable on boats.
The boat is equipped with a galley and toilet facility.
Unknown keel type
The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 2.36 - 2.46 meter (7.74 - 8.04 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.
Swan 48 may be equipped with an inboard Volvo Penta engine at 36 hp (26 kW).
Sailing characteristics
This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.
What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?
The capsize screening value for Swan 48 is 1.75, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.
The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level.
The immersion rate for Swan 48 is about 407 kg/cm, alternatively 2279 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 407 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm.
Alternatively, if you load 2279 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.
Sailing statistics
This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.
What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?
The l/b ratio for Swan 48 is 3.53.
The ballast ratio for Swan 48 is 47%.
What is SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)?
The SA/D for Swan 48 with ISO 8666 reference sail is 17.7, with a 135% genua the SA/D is 21.3.
Maintenance
Dimensions of sail.
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If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful.
| Usage | Length | Diameter | ||
| Mainsail halyard | 42.5 m | (139.3 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Jib/genoa halyard | 42.5 m | (139.3 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Spinnaker halyard | 42.5 m | (139.3 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Jib sheet | 14.6 m | (48.0 feet) | 16 mm | (5/8 inch) |
| Genoa sheet | 14.6 m | (48.0 feet) | 16 mm | (5/8 inch) |
| Mainsheet | 36.6 m | (120.1 feet) | 16 mm | (5/8 inch) |
| Spinnaker sheet | 32.2 m | (105.7 feet) | 16 mm | (5/8 inch) |
| Cunningham | 5.2 m | (17.0 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Kickingstrap | 10.4 m | (34.0 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Clew-outhaul | 10.4 m | (34.0 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
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