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SWAN Nautor 43
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Design Sparkman & Stephens, 24 yachts were built 1976-1979.
Flush deck designs except 4 deck house versions
(hulls ## 0013, 0022, 0023, 0024).

Although the design is a ketch, two hulls are sloop rigged:
(## 005 and 007).

Center cockpit with 34" wheel
Skeg rudder with plain bearings
Scorpio is hull # 017

Click here or on the drawing for a screen shot from the HISTORICAL MODELS section of the web site of Nautor's Swan.


Measures of the hull
LOA 13.02 m 42.73 ft
LWL 9.60 m 31.50 ft
Beam 4.22 m 13.83 ft
Draft 1.8 m 5.9 ft
Displacement 15.000 kg 33.000 lbs
Ballast 4.100 kg 9.000 lbs

Measures of rig and sails, ketch rig
I 15.54 m 51.00 ft
J 4.82 m 15.80 ft
P 13.62 m 44.70 ft
E 4.02 m 13.20 ft
PY 8.61 m 28.25 ft
EY 2.80 m 9.20 ft
Fore triangle 37.4 m² 402.9 sq.ft
Mainsail 27.4 m² 295.0 sq.ft
Genoa 150% 56.1 m² 604.3 sq.ft
Spinnaker 134.0 m² 1.450.0 sq.ft
Mizzen 12.1 m² 130.0 sq.ft
Mizzen staysail 27.9 m² 300.0 sq.ft

Measures of rig and sails, sloop rig
I 16.15 m 53.00 ft
J 4.82 m 15.80 ft
P 14.33 m 47.00 ft
E 5.18 m 17.00 ft
Fore triangle 38.9 m² 418.7 sq.ft
Mainsail 37.1 m² 399.5 sq.ft
Genoa 150% 58.3 m² 628.0 sq.ft
Spinnaker 140.0 m² 1.507.0 sq.ft

Mast top above water: I + 1.8m (6ft)
Standing rigging of 1 x 19 stainless wire with Norseman terminals and double lowers.
Height on cradle: 4.32m, deck gear removed 3.94m
Antifouled area: approx 41 m²  440 sq.ft.
Single lifting point from #008

Drained anchor well forward with LPG stowage. Deep cockpit locker P side.
Aft cabin with single and double berth. Settee berths in saloon, two berths in fo'c'sle.
One head aft P side, one forward SB side.
Galley with 3-burner LPG stove P side, double sinks inboard.
120 ltr refrigerator and 100 ltr freezer, both top loaded.

Engine: Perkins 4.236, 77.5 HP @ 2500 rpm
Borg-Warner hydraulic rev./red. gear 2.1:1, fixed 3-bladed propeller, 22".
Range under power 1.100 nm, or 157 h, at 7 knots (7 ltr/h).
Range under power @ 1.800 rpm 1.880 nm, or 376 h (3 ltr/h).
 

Water 1.080 ltr 285 US g in 3 tanks Service battery 12V 675 Ah
Fuel    1.130 ltr 299 US g in 2 tanks Starter battery 12V 1000 CCA
Nautor 43 and Nautor 43D
I haven't found any drawing of the sloop version
Scorpio from the spreaders
Scorpio is one of the flush deck designs

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