New ClubSwan 125 to launch this year
The latest model in the Club Swan performance division of Nautor’s Swan is currently under construction at the yard’s facility in Finland and is due to launch this year. Designed by Juan Kouyoumdjian, the ClubSwan 125 aims to be the world’s fastest supermaxi yacht and will push the boundaries of innovation and design, the company claims. The yacht’s single curved foil solution is one of its notable highlights.
The North Technology Group of companies’ Southern Spars, Future Fibres and North Sails will provide the yacht with a state-of-the-art rig and sail package. Over the years, Southern Spars, Future Fibres and North Sails have supported the development of this division of yachts, continually evolving their integrated ‘Engine Above Deck’ package recently supplied to the entire ClubSwan 50 class. All were again the trusted rig, rigging and sail suppliers for the ClubSwan 125.
Developed using the powerful North Design Suite, the rig and sail inventory were co-engineered concurrently to deliver an aero package that is more similar to the latest generation IMOCA than an inshore Maxi yacht. To equip the yacht with powerful racing potential, Southern Spars has manufactured a 55m custom carbon mast with four spreaders and two deflectors, capable of maintaining the perfect combination of stiffness and flexibility to maximise the efficiency of the North Sails 3Di RAW and Helix Structure Luff sail plan. This was supplied together with a custom carbon race boom, providing maximum stiffness to weight efficiency and giving added downwind effective sail area to reach the highest levels of performance possible when racing.
Future Fibres will be providing its innovative rigging product for the lateral rigging: AEROsix. AEROsix is Future Fibres’ latest product, specifically designed for high-performance superyacht and Grand Prix racing, combining the performance and the reliability of multistrand and solid technologies, all packaged in an aerodynamic shape. AEROsix has been proven already onboard the Swan 98 Be Cool.
Sourcing the Engine Above Deck from Southern Spars, Future Fibres, and North Sails was an obvious choice, with the sister companies designing the aero package in unison, using an in-house and unique bespoke suite of design tools. Together they have provided a fully integrated and optimised rig package where the entire sail and rig plan are working cohesively.
Bob Wylie, who works on the project as an expert for the deck layout and sailing inventory, says: “For a project as innovative as the ClubSwan 125, choosing Southern Spars together with Future Fibres as the rig and rigging suppliers was the clear choice. Both companies are continuously pushing the boundaries of innovation, and together with the rest of the CS125 team, they have created what will be one of the most technically advanced superyachts on the planet. The two companies have a unique track record providing high-performance, integrated packages to superyachts, and we had total trust that they could deliver to their usual high standard again.”
The project is said to be a culmination of years of collaboration by two companies at the highest level of their capabilities, developing, evolving and innovating in each of their products. Recently, their collaboration has led to numerous stand-out projects such as the Swan 78 Haromi, Swan 98 Be Cool, and the Swan 115s Shamanna, Solleone and Odin.
Source: IBI News
