Yachting World: The new Club Swan 80

My Song, the first Club Swan 80 is a marvel of carbon fiber engineering and stunning good-looks. Don't miss this video tour on YouTube.

This one-design pure racer by Juan Kouyoumdjian fits neatly into the hot new Club Swan line up, a recent collaboration with Nautor, the famed Finnish yard which has already brought us the radical Club Swan 36, Clu

b Swan 50 and the supermaxi Club Swan 125 Skorpios.

The shape of the new Club Swan 80 is an evolution of these designs, closest in spirit to the Club Swan 36, and is conceived to compete in the typically light winded, short racing format of Mediterranean maxi events. Although a foil was mooted in concept stage, the resultant appendages are a canting keel and movable canard, plus, of course, twin rudders. The long bowsprit is also retractable.

The carbon shell interior is still finished with finesse and style to suit some short term sport cruising.

The 4.75m canting keel will not only boost performance, but will help allow My Song to enter Med harbours. To balance the side forces of this keel, a rotating canard was chosen, which the design team feels will be beneficial in light winds and to give tactical flexibility. And with a seriously light displacement under 20 tonnes, including six of that in the moveable bulb, expect this to be a real flyer.

For the build Nautor’s Swan partnered with renowned composite and race boat specialist Persico Marine. The standard base boat is the lightest and fastest format – you can buy extra comfort but not performance, says Swan, a neat philosophy for one-design racing.

The interior, although largely a carbon shell, still manages to waft elegant style thanks to the creatives at Nauta Design and should suit short term sport cruising. Following her official launch at the Maxi Worlds in Sardinia, My Song will be exhibited at the Monaco Yacht Show.

Read the full review: First look: A tour of the new Club Swan 80 - Yachting World