The Swan 80 is a Finnish maxi yacht sailboat that was designed by Germán Frers as a cruiser-racer and first built in 1999.
It has a masthead sloop rig, with four sets of swept 17.5 degree spreaders and carbon fibre spars.
The hull has a raked stem; a reverse transom; an internally mounted, spade-type, carbon fibre rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel with a weighted bulb.
[1][2] The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 4LHA-STE diesel engine of 240 hp (179 kW) for docking and manoeuvring.
"[12] In a 2000 design review for boats.com, Bob Perry wrote of the interior, "a preliminary layout showed the paid crew occupying the forward end of the boat, but the drawings for hull No.
This layout divides the accommodations between the paid crew aft of the main companionway and the guests forward.
Forward of the companionway the owner and guests live in opulent splendor where the biggest concerns will be picking the right Burgundy for the leg of lamb and untangling the thong bikinis.