HULL – form stability for fast, comfortable sailing
The Swan 98 is constructed, as you would expect, without compromise. Both hull and deck are built using epoxy SPRINT® pre-preg carbon fibre interior and exterior skins on a core of M-grade Corecell foam. This gives the ultimate structural stiffness and rigidity at the lightest possible weight, while at the same time ensuring absolute structural safety and reliability.
The hull is laid up in a female mould tooled
from the same technology to ensure identical mechanical properties when the
hull is carefully cured in a highly advanced oven, installed at Nautor’s Swan’s
new superyacht facility at the beginning of 2018.
From the plumb stem maximising waterline
length, the sheerline sweeps gently aft along a clean foredeck to an elegant,
low profile coachroof. From there her smooth rocker rises to a flared stern
with powerful, dynamic quarters above the waterline. She has been designed to
offer the optimum blend of balance and power.
And her twin rudders deliver a sense of total
control and intimate connection with the sea. The hull carries almost all of
her beam right aft, which delivers excellent form stability when heeled and at
the same time creates generous volume below in private cabins and social
spaces.
The transom folds down hydraulically to create
a teak-decked swim platform and reveal a garage for a tender of 4m. In terms of
systems, the Swan 98 has been designed to enable worldwide cruising without
compromise.
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