SISTERSHIPS
Here are the 19
other Nautor 43 Swans we are aware of (plus one Big Sister).
Note that ownership and location details may have changed
since Scorpiosail was last informed. Updates and corrections
are appreciated.
We would like to find more of the sisters. 24 Nautor 43s have been launched, so there are still 4 ships unaccounted for. If you find one, please let us know. (Click on photos for larger versions) |
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For specifications of the model, check the Factsheet. How do they sail? Check Should I Buy a Nautor 43? Not that it really matters, but: Is the Nautor 43 a Swan? |
Hull # 1 unknown | Hull # 1 unknown |
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Hull # 2 LIZZY We spotted Lizzy in Rupert Bay, Dominica. The
weather was so bad that we never launched our dinghy, |
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Hull # 3 TUULIKKI We found this yacht on the web. She was sold to a new Swiss owner in June 2010.
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Margriet and Michaël BOONE from Belgium are the owners of NAUTOR 43 SWAN ≠ 4. Her home port is Breskens in The Netherlands.. |
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Hull # 5 BANDA We found this photo at SparkmanStephens.blogspot and we picked up her name on the transom. She is one of the sloop rigged sisters. The mast does not appear to be original, as there were no original roller mainsails built. We do not know where this sister is currently located and her name could well have changed. |
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Hull # 6 SOVEREIGN SWAN Harvey and Dawn used to sail this yacht. Here, in December 2001, she is dressed up for Christmas at Cocoa Beach Marina, Port Canavaral, Florida. We recently heard the sad news that Sovereign Swan was destroyed in a fire and was a total loss. Update, April 2014: we have received information that she wasn't a total loss after all and that the yacht is now being restored by new owners. More info pending ... |
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Hull # 7 PATHFINDER She is the second sloop rigged sister. The original name of this yacht was apparently Bucephalus and she has also been called Inspiration. The yacht has recently been spotted for sale in Marina del Rey. |
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Hull # 8 BOOMERANG We found this photo at SparkmanStephens.blogspot. The name is written on the horse shoe buoy and on the transom. We do not know where this sister is currently located and her name could well have changed. |
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Hull # 9 TRUE LOVE (ex. Candor) Michael Holm is the owner of this yacht. Her home port is Skive in Denmark. True Love has a bow sprit and a hard windshield.
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Hull # 10 MAKULU II Makulu's owner is Yngve Gustafsson. The yacht's home port is Atlantic Highlands in New Jersey. |
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Hull # 11 ELISABETH Giles and Julia from Ireland sail Elisabeth. The yacht is now back at her home port in Helford River, Falmouth, Cornwall, after several years in Croatia and Montenegro in the Adriatic Sea. |
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Hull # 12 NORDERKROON Den Helder in the Netherlands is the home port of Norderkroon (ex Ariadne), launched in 1977. Her owners are John and Lucia. Latest
information indicates that this yacht has been renamed
Neptuna and that she sails sails under the French flag with
home port in Marseille. |
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Hull # 13
SEAGULL We found this sister on the web. She was for sale in southern Italy. At the time she was flying the Italian colours. She is one of the four deck house versions, and according to the advertisement she was built in 1977, so she must be hull # 13. |
Hull # 14 unknown | Hull # 14 unknown |
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Hull # 15 DREAMTIME We found this sister for sale on the web. Her location was Palacios, Texas. Now we are waiting for her new owner to check in. |
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Hull # 16 SWANeMEER Gert and Janneke sail Swanemeer According to the photo she is now a sloop, but originally she was built and launched as a ketch. |
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Hull # 17
SCORPIO (now
Svetlana) Scorpio was sailed by Henrik and Malla between 1992 and 2015, and she has been the host of this web site. Her home port was Helsinki, Finland, but she hasn't been there since 1997. Scorpio is now
owned by Garrett Culver in New Orleans and renamed Svetlana.
You can book a sunset cruise on her here (opens in new window). |
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Hull # 18 CIMBRA Flavio and Paola Nagy sail Cimbra. Her location is Liguria in Italy. |
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Hull # 19 KRITSANA (ex Barcarolle) Kritsana is owned by Mikael and Moo (Kritsana) Sjöberg in Timrå (a town near Sundsvall in the Gulf of Bothnia of the Baltic Sea), Sweden. |
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Hull # 20 CHAMPAGNE (ex. El Desperado) We
found her on the hard at Chestertown, MD, USA, in the fall
of 2001, but didn't get a chance to look for her owner. Six years later we met him, Jim Huber, by coincidence, on the docks at Whangarei, New Zealand, where he visited by air (see report #38) - it is a small world, among the Nautor 43's!
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Hull # 21 FLOODTIDE II David sails FLOODTIDE II on the east coast of England. On this photo she is at the Orford Ness and she is normally moored at the port of Ipswich. |
Hull # 22 unknown | Hull # 22 unknown |
Hull # 23 unknown | Hull # 23 unknown |
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Hull # 24 BALTIC GIRL Baltic Girl was the last one built, and one of the four deck house versions. She is owned by Werner and Barbara in Ireland. |
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SOLWAY MIST is actually a Big Sister - a Nautor 50 (hull #3). She is
owned by Mary and Wayne. Look at this link for more about the Nautor 50. |
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