NEW GENERATION OF ULTRA-FAST CLUBSWAN 80 RACER

The judges awarded for the best Refitted Yachts Pier Luigi Loro Piana’s 51.2-metre Masquenada during the Boat International Worlds Superyacht Awards 2022, the industry’s most prestigious event, held in London last Saturday 21st of May 2022.

Nauta Design has been at the leading edge of a four-year project that ended on 23 June with the proud launch of the first-ever ClubSwan 80 racer. As well as kickstarting a new one-design class, the rocket ship is the fifth incarnation of Pier Luigi Loro Piana’s famous My Song.

It marks 35 years of collaboration between Nauta Design and this dedicated owner. But it is the first time that Nauta and Nautor’s Swan have worked together. The Finnish boat builder coordinated the project with Juan Kouyoumdjian on the naval architecture, Nauta for the interior and cockpit design, and Persico Marine as a building partner.

Exposed carbon fibre, wafer-thin mahogany veneer and artful lighting will turn the first ClubSwan 80 yacht into a super stylish cruiser. The brief for Milan’s Nauta Design studio was to give a thoroughbred one-design racer a second character as a daysailer and a super sporty cruiser.

It was a fascinating project from the off, with the client intent on establishing the best approach for an 80ft racing monohull. The final choice went for a canting keel and a forward rotating canard that would provide the best compromise between performance and usability. This evolved into the Club Swan 80 one design, where the goal is to recruit further owners to develop a competitive racing circuit.