The Swan 53 is a state of the art performance cruising yacht that is as situated to making demanding ocean crossings as she is to taking a quick day trip to a secluded beach.  She offers her owner comfort, luxury and style combined with good cruising performance and safe, steady behaviour wherever she travels.  Stiff and robust, she is capable of covering impressive distances at sea and offers comfortable accommodation both above and below deck

HULL & APPENDAGES

• The hull is of single skin construction using glassfibre reinforced isopolyester laminate with vinylester skincoat.  Multiaxial or unidirectional fibres in selected areas
• Structural bulkheads are of marine plywood with GRP reinforcements and bonded to hull and deck
• Stiffener flanges are unidirectional lay-ups over hollow cores.
• Weather-resistant NGA type gelcoat for topsides
• Cove, boot and coaming stripes in dark blue gelcoat
• Uncoloured gelcoat below waterline with epoxy barrier coat layers sprayed on bottom, and finished in black Micron Extra antifouling
• Sea cocks of bronze for all through-hull connections below waterline, finished flush with outside and located in accessible positions
• Inboard side of sea cocks fitted with stud long enough to take two hose clamps
• Hydraulic opening bathing platform on transom
• Retractable bow thruster – MaxPower VIP 15

Keel

• The fin keel is a lead casting with antimony and carefully finished to accurate shape
• Cast-in keel bolts are of high-tensile stainless steel.

Steering System

• Rudder of foam filled GRP with tapered high-tensile stainless steel stock, supported by two self-aligning bearings
• Weed deflector in front of rudder 
• Steering system with two 1.05 m stainless wheels with elkhide cover, 2.1 turns H.O. to H.O.
• Composite pedestals with roller bearings, brake, crash bar, integrated mug holders and instrument brackets
• Emergency tiller stowed in lazarette

DECK

• Deck is of sandwich construction, using multiaxial glass fibre reinforced isopolyester laminate
• Low-density closed cell foam core, and is bonded to the hull
• High-density core under deck fittings, reinforced coachroof to support forward mainsheet position
• Deck surfaces finished in white gelcoat with double comaing stripes in stars and stripes blue
• Teak toe rails with drain openings. Laid teak 9 mm nominal thickness in cockpits, coachroof, on side decks, around winches and on bathing platform, glued and vacuum bagged without screws
• Under helmsman’s seat gas bottle locker port side, stowage starboard side
• Two seats with back rest on each side

Deck Equipment

• Removable high gloss varnished teak cockpit table with folding leaves.
• Two canvas bags for halyards tails, one on each side of the companionway
• Alloy mooring cleats and fairleads at bow and stern
• Two mooring cleats amidships Spacing conforming to ORC requirements
• Lifeline gate both sides amidships, and in pushpit
• Pulpit, pushpit and lifeline stanchions 600 mm high of stainless steel, with bases bolted through deck 
• Teak seats integrated into pushpit on either side
• Three folding eyes for jackline attachment in cockpit
• Stainless steel stemhead fitting with one anchor roller
• Stainless steel chainplates, headstay recessed for under-deck furler
• Main shroud chainplates bolted to reinforced web frames
• Backstay chainplates attached to hull structure
• Additional bathing ladder attachment points on either side Midship
• Screw-in tender lashing padeyes on foredeck

Hatches & Portlights

• Hinged flush deck hatch for forepeak locker, windlass, chain box and bow thruster hatch.
• Lewmar Medium and Low Profile recessed hinging deck hatches
• Four openable coaming portholes, three portholes in cockpit
• Parasol grey deckhouse windows by Form glass
• Main companionway lockable sliding hatch of tinted acrylic with sliding drop board.
• In cockpit hinged GRP hatches to lazarette, and to stowage locker with space for life raft
• Additional hatch over owner’s head
• Additional 60cm x 60cm hatch on foredeck positioned above pillow end of double berth

Winches by Lewmar

[C=Chrome, E=Electric, ST=Self-tailing]

• 2x 66 CEST – Primary Winches
• 2x 54 CEST – Mainsheet winches
• 2x 50 CEST – Secondary Winches
• 2x 50 CEST – Halyard Winches
• Lewmar electric anchor windlass.

Sailing Hardware

• Harken sheet tracks, cars, and blocks
• Spinlock jammers and clutches
• Additional padeyes for mainsheet position on coachroof

Canvas

• Large spray hood over the companion way with a recess in the deck, including a canvas cover over the recess. Center of Sprayhood opens and can be rolled up.
• Padded canvas stowage bag for cockpit table. 
• Bimini over forward end of cockpit
• Bimini over aft end of cockpit with two viewing panels
• Zip-in connection piece between the two biminis
• Sun awning for park avenue boom
• Cockpit cushions and exterior throw pillows
• Sail cover
• Transom cover

INTERIOR

General

• Teak and oak are used for visible woodwork with hand rubbed satin finish 
• Floorboards made of plywood with top face of oak with teak stripes same satin finish as the interior
• Topsides where visible lined with wooden battens or removable vinyl panels
• Mosquito screens and blinds for deck hatches.  Saloon curtains in Orient Accident Saba 10.
• Two suction lifters provided. Structural bulkheads are of marine plywood with GRP reinforcements.
• Cabinets, tables, bureaus, seats, dressers etc. have rounded corners
• Doors, partitions and paneling are teak faced solid plywood or foam-cored sandwich
• Self-engaging latches with bumpers to hold doors in open position
• Hanging lockers are equipped with rods and hooks
• Drawers are secured with latches
• Handrails at companion way and in saloon overhead
• Companion way ladder with non-slip steps
• Reading lights above each berth
• Saloon table with Corian edge stripe.
• Upholstery: All fixed berths have foam mattresses over Scandi-Flex battens. For double berths 12.5 cm, (5”), for single berths 7.5 cm (3”), and for pipe cots 5 cm (2”) thick mattresses
• Owner’s cabin with spring mattress instead of standard foam
• Forward and aft cabin berths equipped with teak leeboards/canvas leecloths
• Textile covers Annala Folk No. 2 with Velcro zippers mattresses
• Saloon upholstery Lauritzon Barka 1001 with piping

Forward Cabin (Master)

• Centerline double berth with storage lockers below
• Handing lockers on either side aft with sail storage locker to port
• Writing/vanity desk with opening top and mirror above, dedicated Swan chair
• Ensuite head aft to starboard with shower, washbasin, storage lockers and mirrors

Forward Guest Cabin

• Double berth outboard with storage lockers above and below
• Hanging locker forward and inboard
• Vanity desk with mirror
• Safe mounted below berth
• Adjacent head on starboard side with WC, shower, washbasin, storage lockers and mirrors

Aft Cabin Port

• Double berth that can be separated into separate berths with leeboard
• Hanging locker forward and outboard
• Storage lockers above berth outboard
• Mirror with teak frame
• Adjacent head in port aft corner of saloon with WC, shower, washbasin, storage lockers and mirrors

Aft Cabin Starboard

• Double berth that can be separated into separate berths with leeboard
• Hanging locker forward and outboard
• Storage lockers above berth outboard
• Mirror with teak frame

Saloon

• L-Shaped settee to port with dining table, seating for six persons
• Book shelves and storage lockers outboard
• Bench seat inboard concealing generator
• Flat Screen television mounted on aft bulkhead port side
• Ample storage below settees, behind backrests and in storage lockers
• Custom made bottle storage locker forward
• Overhead handrails
• Nav station to starboard

Galley

• Galley located on starboard side aft of saloon
• Work surfaces finished in Corian, cameo white
• Double stainless steel sinks in forward section
• Top-loading freezer
• Gimballed Force Ten gas oven with four-burner stovetop 
• Front loading refrigerator located aft and outboard
• Storage lockers and drawers for galley utensils and equipment

Galley Equipment

• Quooker water boiler with instant hot-water tap in galley sink
• SOBA Babynova 1180 Rapid washing machine

Nav Station

• Forward facing navigators seat with opening-top chart table
• Book shelved and storage lockers outboard
• Instruments and monitors mounted flush on recessed panels
• Additional refrigerator installed aft of Nav station

Engine Room

• Engine space is accessed under the main companionway steps
• Sound and vibration insulated with Rockwool lined panels

ENGINE & SYSTEMS

• Yanmar
• Total capacity 690L diesel fuel
• Engine space internally sound insulated, meeting SOLAS B-15 fire resistance requirements
• Drip tray integral with engine bed
• Electrical lubricating oil change pump connected to main engine and genset
• Engine and reduction gear are supported on flexible mounts
• One filler line with strainer for each tank
• Tanks vented to deck edge
• Fuel filter/water separator with water alarm and shut off valve on feed line to engine
• Thermostatically controlled fresh water cooling system with a heat exchanger for the engine
• Wet exhaust system for main engine and diesel generator
• Water is discharged below the waterline and exhaust gases from main engine and diesel generators exit under the transom
• Clean Agent (FM200) fire extinguishing system for engine room space

Thrusters

• Bow thruster MaxPower VIP 150 and two Optima batteries charged by 25A charger or splitter on service alternator.

Plumbing Systems

• Hot and cold pressure water, with back-up foot pump for cold only in galley
• Seafresh Watermaker H208A, 230V producing 126L/H
• Drinking water purifier
• Sea water hoses of reinforced PVC tubing, fresh water hoses of nylon tubing
• Fuel, black and fresh water tanks of stainless steel provided with baffles, inspection cover, sounding plug, and vent pipe
• Consumable water can be heated either with engine cooling water, or with a heating element working on AC
• One deck shower with hot and cold water is installed at bathing platform, deck wash pump in foredeck
• Hot water tank capacity 75 litre (19.8 US gallons) 
• Sea water spout in galley with foot pump
• PAR electric toilets using sea water for flushing
• Y-valve for discharge either to holding tank or overboard
• Battery driven refrigeration unit with separate thermostat control for refrigerator and freezer. 

Ventilation System

• Recessed and discrete ventilator fans in all cabins with variable speed control
• Webasto Blue Cool Premium 38000 BTU central heating and air conditioning unit with fancoils:

• Exhaust blowers in galley and heads.

Drainage System

• Holding tanks for toilets, emptied by electrical pump or deck suction
• Galley sinks drained through sea cock
• Washbasins and shower trays drained with electrical pump
• Two manual Whale bilge pumps, one electric bilge pump in main bilge

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

• Wires are sized to minimise voltage drop
• For lightning protection the headstay, backstay (unless used as SSB antenna), main shroud chain plates and mast step are grounded to ballast keel bolts with heavy cable
• Comprehensive range of navigational and deck lights including HELLA Naviled LED navigation lights
• Cockpit lighting on park avenue boom with dimmers

DC System

• 24 V DC system with insulated return 
• Mastervolt lithium type batteries are located in a ventilated GRP box in the fwd cabin
• Starting batteries for engine and generator maintenance free AGM type 12 V 50 Ah Optima Red Top located in ventilated GRP boxes

AC System

• 230V 50 Hz single phase three-wire grounded system
• The AC system can be fed either by a Fischer Panda 9000 ND PMS 7.7kW, 9.1kVA diesel generator, 230V 32 A shore power inlet, or a 24/2500VA 230V inverter with transfer switch
• Shore inlet provided with polarity alarm, main switch, and land connecting cable
• Outlets provided with earth fault protection
• Connection to battery charger and water heater resistor element.

Chargers/Inverters

• 24V 110A alternator with 3-step charge characteristics on the main engine for service battery bank. 24V 75A charger with 3-step charge characteristics, also for service battery
• 12V 80 A engine alternator for the starting battery
• The genset has its own alternator for its starting battery.

ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS

• Two SUUNTO 5” magnetic compasses on steering pedestals
• Quartz clock and barometer at chart table
• Oregon Scientific Weather Station
• B&G Autopilot

MAST & RIGGING

• Offshore Spars mast built of extruded aluminium alloy sections painted white
• Mast was removed and completely serviced and painted in 2015 
• Offshore Spars carbon fibre park avenue boom painted white
• Double spreader 15/16 fractional rig with discontinuous shrouds, and 20 degree swept back aluminium spreaders with wide shroud base
• Mast of oval section, with external track for full-batten mainsail
• Additional track for tri-sail, Antal 40
• Tapered and welded masthead with two gennaker sheaves, and one main halyard sheave
• Two jib halyard sheaves, and one staysail halyard sheave
• Internal wiring secured to mast.  Folding footsteps on mast
• Standing rigging of round Navtec rod. C550 rigging screws with stainless covers for main shrouds
• Headstay with toggles at upper and lower end
• Aramid inner forestay and running backstays
• Hydraulic boom vang with high-pressure re- turn, tensioners for backstay and outhaul
• Single gauge Navtec System 50 central control panel in cockpit
• Custom made running rigging inventory
• Main halyard with screw shackle, gennaker, jib and staysail hal- yards with snap shackles
• Recessed Harken furler with furling line led to cockpit winch.

EQUIPMENT

General Equipment

• Folding carbon passerelle from Exit Engineering 216cm long including padded stowage bag, carbon spreader bar, stanchions and lifting connections.  Clear coat carbon finish.
• Owner’s Manual in English with directions for use and maintenance, drawings and diagrams for main systems and handbooks for machinery and components.
• One 27 kg CQR anchor on Stemhead
• 100m of 10mm stainless steel anchor chain
• Four mooring lines 20m each. 6 Air fenders with lines
• Boat hook.
• Two 6 kg aluminum LPG tan

Safety Equipment

• Liferaft mounted on pushpit
• Fixed fire extinguisher in engine space with release handle at companionway
• Portable extinguishers in interior, one in galley, one forward. Fire blanket in galley.
• Two jackstays of webbing for side decks, one double for cockpit
• Safety belts for navigator and cook.