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    Swan 37

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    Swan37 013 AlvineXV GBR2881 2011 Euros2.jpg
    Swan 37 No.013 AlvineXV GBR2881 at the 2011 Swan Europeans in Cowes (GBR) held by the Royal Yacht Squadron
    Development
    DesignerSparkman & Stephens
    Year1970 - 1975
    No. built59
    BrandSwan
    Builder(s)Nautor Swan
    Boat
    Boat weight15,400 lb (7,000 kg)
    Draft6.4 feet (1.95 metres)
    Air draft46.25 ft 0 in (14.10 m)
    Hull
    ConstructionGRP
    LOA37 ft (11 m)
    LWL27 ft 4 in (8.33 m)
    Beam10 ft 0 in (3.05 m)
    Hull appendages
    GeneralFin keel with skeg hung rudder
    Keel/board typefin
    Ballast7,300 lb (3,300 kg)
    Rig
    Rig typeMasthead Sloop
    I (foretriangle height)46 ft 3 in (14.10 m)
    J (foretriangle base)15 ft 7 in (4.75 m)
    P (mainsail luff)40 ft 7 in (12.37 m)
    E (mainsail foot)11 ft 8 in (3.56 m)
    Mast length46 ft 3 in (14.10 m)
    Sails
    Generalfore triangle 360.7 sq ft (33.51 m2)
    Mainsail area236.9 sq ft (22.01 m2)
    Spinnaker area1,299 sq ft (120.7 m2)
    ← Swan 36

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    Swan 37 is a GRP constructed, fin keeled, one tonner masthead sloop and successor to the Swan 36. It was designed by Sparkman & Stephens and manufactured by Nautor Oy between 1970 and 1974 with total of 59 boats being built.[1][2] Sparkman & Stephens designed the Americas Cup winner Intrepid (1967 and 1970) with a trim tab on the trailing edge of the keel. S&S used the same trim tab on at least some of the early Swan 37s. Measured by racing success, Swan 37 is one of the most successful Swan yachts ever built and it is famous for winning the Round Gotland Race on six occasions in four decades by a yacht called Tarantella II.[3] At least two Swan 37 boats Dulcinea and Trishna are known to have circumnavigated the world.[4][5] As part of that circumnavigation, Dulcinea participated in the Cape to Rio race in 1976. She is still actively sailed under the same name (as of 2017) in the US. In the US market Swan 37 was also marketed as Palmer Johnson 37.[6][7]

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