The first time I saw the Swan 45, it was racing in the American Spring Series on Long Island Sound. Rush looked small compared to Idler, CanvasBack, and the other IMS 50s. Starting after them in ...

PORTO CERVO, Italy-Sardinia saved its best for last, blasting the fleet with 20- to 30-knot winds on the final day of the 2006 Rolex Swan Cup. The breeze, and a mostly sunny sky, proved the ...

Frers would later help the Finnish builder enter a new league with the design of the Swan 45 in 2001 and the ClubSwan42 in 2005. Decades prior, the Swan 86-001 also made waves in the industry.

TORTOLA — Belgium’s Phillippe Moortgat and the crew on his Swan 45 sailboat “Samantaga” will forever have fond memories of the Virgin Islands.