Overview
The Swan 411 is a Sparkman & Stephens design from Nautor’s Swan in Finland, built from 1977 to 1979, with 42 built according to sailboatdata.com. Its place in this catalog rests on its ocean racing record: 2 different boats of the design have finished the Pacific Cup from San Francisco to Hawaii or the Newport Bermuda Race in the official results.
Design and Construction
sailboatdata.com lists the underbody as fin with rudder on skeg, 40.81 ft overall on a 33.56 ft waterline, with 11.94 ft of beam and 7.5 ft of draft. Displacement is about 23,800 lb with 9,700 lb of ballast, and the masthead sloop carries about 873 sq ft. Wikipedia describes the 411 as an offshore cruiser-racer built mainly of polyester glassfiber with wood trim, with a solid glassfiber hull and a sandwich deck. The rudder is skeg-mounted and wheel-steered.
Ocean Racing Record
Dawn Treader (Cohen) finished the Newport Bermuda Race (2000, 2002). Illwind (Ill) finished the Newport Bermuda Race (2002).
The layout sleeps eight: a double V-berth forward, two straight settee berths and two pilot berths in the main cabin, and two aft cabins, the starboard with a single berth and the port with a double. The one head sits just aft of the bow cabin on the starboard side.
