The Nautor Swan 43 1987

[esbenbrandt]

Hi
I am looking to buy a new bigger boat and has set my eyes on a swan 43 from 1987. Do you guys and girls in here know af any inherent problems with this vessel? Any help will be greatly appreciated

Thanks
Esben

[neilpride]

They are really well built, but anyway treat him with the surveyor like any other mass production boat, I would emphasize in the rod rigging , a previous rigging record or recent overhauls can save you a headache....

[AiniA]

I think we looked at one of these when we were boat shopping. It is a Ron Holland design I think. The one we looked at had had $24k spent on rebuilding the chain plate structure of the hull. Also the mid-line queen did not work well. It was wider aft and I assume you were to have your heads there, but there was not enough headroom - if you sat up quickly, which happens on a boat, you would hit your head. If you slept with head forward the berth was pretty narrow.

We met a couple in Indonesia with an early Discovery 55 (also Holland design) that had had the same kind of chainplate repair as the Swan. When you are spending Swan/Discovery money you take strength of a key system as a given. My sense is that the early S&S Swans are great as are the later Frers designs. The in-between Hollands perhaps not as good.