Regatta sailing yacht ClubSwan 80

one design3-cabinwith open transom

The ClubSwan 80 project was born for two reasons: One, because clearly our line deserves a new yacht of this kind and second, because in the Maxi reality we see the possibility and the space for a high-performance yacht that will fill a regatta system that is now lacking something like this,” says Enrico Chieffi, Nautor Group Vice President. The ClubSwan 80 has been conceived to be a very fast and high-performance yacht, completely in line with her sisters, based on the concept of One Design yachts. “The idea is to create a class of identical yachts, so this is something very unique in the world of maxis,” adds Chieffi. All the boats are specifically designed to sail in short racing, participating in the traditional events of the maxi circuit and specialized in light to medium winds (VMG sailing). “Why this? Because these events are mainly sailing in these conditions and we want a very competitive boat as such,” Chieffi continues. Nautor’s Swan and Juan Kouyoumdjian, together with the strategic partner Persico Marine, Vittorio Volonté for the project management, Giovanni Belgrano for the engineering have been working very hard to design and develop this new performance boat: “When I started working on the projects of ClubSwan Yachts with Nautor I felt ecstatic. Designing pure racers which are highly technological and advanced is something unique. When we started talking about a model which could raise the bar in the sailing world in order to turn the maxi sailing yachts around, we all knew that an eighty-footer was the right way to go. Working with Vittorio, Giovanni and Persico’s team is something that it’s difficult to explain.