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COPYRIGHT 2005 Boat Owners Association
Among sailors, the name Swan is well known for a level of quality and workmanship considered to be among the best of any production boat built. This is a reputation that is well deserved and one recently reinforced when I had an assignment to inspect a damaged Swan 53.
This 44,000-lb. boat had fallen over in a boat yard in Italy and three boat stands had punctured her port side. Subsequently much of the interior joiner work was removed to reveal the extent of damage and eventually the boat was sold as is, transported to Annapolis where it was hauled and blocked ashore.
When I first inspected the boat I found that one boat stand had punctured the galley, splitting the structural bulkhead forward of the aft cabin. With substantial damage less than six inches away, a precisely fit locker door...
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