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Swan 441 Cruising

Sailboat specifications

The Swan 441 is a 44’5” (13.54m) cruiser-racer sailboat designed by Ron Holland Design (Canada). She was built between 1978 and 1982 by Nautor's Swan (Finland) with 45 hulls completed. The Cruising version is offered with an equipment and sail plan suitable for cruising.

Swan 441's main features

Model
Swan 441
Version
Cruising
Hull type
Monohull
Category
Offshore cruiser-racer sailboat
Sailboat builder
Sailboat designer
Country
Finland
Construction
GRP (glass reinforced polyester):
- Hull: Single skin fiberglass polyester
- Deck: Sandwich fiberglass polyester
Number of hulls built
45
First built hull
1978
Last built hull
1982
Appendages
Keel : fin without bulb
Helm
Single helm wheel
Rudder
Single spade rudder
Unsinkable
No
Trailerable
No
Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
N/A

Swan 441's main dimensions

Hull length
44’ 5”13.54 m
Waterline length
36’ 8”11.2 m
Beam (width)
13’ 5”4.07 m
Draft
7’ 11”2.4 m
Mast height from DWL
70’ 6”21.5 m
Light displacement (MLC)
24692 lb11200 kg
Ballast weight
11023 lb5000 kg
Ballast type
Lead
French customs tonnage
34.40 Tx

Swan 441's rig and sails

Upwind sail area
1249 ft²116 m²
Downwind sail area
2443 ft²227 m²
Mainsail area
398 ft²37 m²
Genoa area
850 ft²79 m²
Symmetric spinnaker area
2045 ft²190 m²
I
 iFore triangle height (from mast foot to fore stay top attachment)
60’18.3 m
J
 iFore triangle base (from mast foot to bottom of forestay)
19’5.79 m
P
 iMainsail hoist measurement (from tack to head)
53’ 11”16.42 m
E
 iMainsail foot measurement (from tack to clew)
14’ 6”4.42 m
Rigging type
Sloop Marconi masthead
Mast configuration
Keel stepped mast
Rotating spars
No
Number of levels of spreaders
2
Spreaders angle
0 °
Spars construction
Aluminum spars

Swan 441's performances

HN (French rating)
 iHN or "Handicap Nationale" is an empirical rating system used in France allowing various monohulls, of different sizes and designs, to race each other fairly. It is particularly suitable for cruiser and cruiser-racer. Therefore, by comparing these values, we can have an indication of the relative speed of 2 boats.
27.5
Upwind sail area to displacement
 iThe ratio sail area to displacement is obtained by dividing the sail area by the boat's displaced volume to the power two-thirds.

The ratio sail area to displacement can be used to compare the relative sail plan of different sailboats no matter what their size.

Upwind: under 18 the ratio indicates a cruise oriented sailboat with limited performances especially in light wind, while over 25 it indicates a fast sailboat.
249 ft²/T23.17 m²/T
Downwind sail area to displacement
 iThe ratio sail area to displacement is obtained by dividing the sail area by the boat's displaced volume to the power two-thirds.

The ratio sail area to displacement can be used to compare the relative sail plan of different sailboats no matter what their size.
488 ft²/T45.35 m²/T
Displacement-length ratio (DLR)
 iThe Displacement Length Ratio (DLR) is a figure that points out the boat's weight compared to its waterline length. The DLR is obtained by dividing the boat's displacement in tons by the cube of one one-hundredth of the waterline length (in feet).
The DLR can be used to compare the relative mass of different sailboats no matter what their length:

a DLR less than 180 is indicative of a really light sailboat (race boat made for planning), while a DLR greater than 300 is indicative of a heavy cruising sailboat.
226
Ballast ratio
 iThe Ballast ratio is an indicator of stability; it is obtained by dividing the boat's displacement by the mass of the ballast. Since the stability depends also of the hull shapes and the position of the center of gravity, only the boats with similar ballast arrangements and hull shapes should be compared.

The higher the ballast ratio is, the greater is the stability.
45 %
Critical hull speed
 iAs a ship moves in the water, it creates standing waves that oppose its movement. This effect increases dramatically the resistance when the boat reaches a speed-length ratio (speed-length ratio is the ratio between the speed in knots and the square root of the waterline length in feet) of about 1.2 (corresponding to a Froude Number of 0.35) . This very sharp rise in resistance, between speed-length ratio of 1.2 to 1.5, is insurmountable for heavy sailboats and so becomes an apparent barrier. This leads to the concept of "hull speed".
The hull speed is obtained by multiplying the square root of the waterline length (in feet) by 1.34.
8.12 knots

Swan 441's auxiliary engine

Engine(s)
1 inboard engine
Engine(s) power
49 HP
Fuel type
Diesel
Fuel tank capacity
50.2 gal190 liters

Swan 441's accommodations and layout

Cockpit
Twin cockpit (center and closed aft)
Cabin(s)
2
Berth(s) (min./max.)
5 / 10
Head(s) (min./max.)
1 / 2
Freshwater tank capacity
100.4 gal380 liters
Maximum headroom
6’ 4”1.92 m
Galley headroom
6’ 4”1.92 m

Swan 441's saloon

Maximum headroom
6’ 4”1.92 m

Swan 441's fore cabin

Maximum headroom
6’ 1”1.85 m
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