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A yacht owner with a penchant for performance and an occasional turn at the wheel took delivery of the first Swan 105 last month. Christened Ti-Coyo, she’s specifically a Swan 105 RS, as a Swan 105 S and Swan 105 FD are further in the works.
Ti-Coyo is first and foremost a performance cruiser. Naval architecture and the hull lines are from Germán Frers. The owner, an experienced sailor, enjoys the thrill of handling his yacht himself. The Swan 105 RS is therefore outfitted with a furling mainsail and self-tacking jib. Given the 104-foot (31.7-meter) LOA, though, and the desire to relax with friends and family, including children, he also wanted a small crew to take over operations at times.
On days he plans to relax, the owner has a real treat in the master suite. Aboard Ti-Coyo, it’s fully aft, with a large sliding glass door yielding access out to the swim platform. That platform is created when the transom folds down, as seen above. The tender is relocated to a stowage area in the foredeck as a result.
The owner of Ti-Coyo tapped Beiderbeck Designs for the atypical location of the master and overall general arrangement. Beiderbeck Designs also handled interior design, highlighted by more traditional features as well, as the saloon reveals. It includes a steering station with access to the side deck. The woodshop owned by Nautor’s Swan created all interior furnishings plus the wood trim for overheads and soles.
Of course, cruising time is best spent outside, so the main cockpit aboard Ti-Coyo will be put to good use. Dining and lounging will be the orders of the day here. Sun, or alternately sun protection, comes courtesy of a sliding hardtop. Twin helm stations are just aft, separate enough to maintain some privacy yet close enough for the owner to stay part of the conversation when he’s at the wheel. Nautor’s Swan intends for other owners of the Swan 105 to customize layouts accordingly, too.
With a separate crew cockpit forward of the mast, Ti-Coyo is arranged entirely around her owner’s life aboard the water. Nautor’s Swan constructed this Swan 105 RS in compliance with the MCA Code and with notable construction methods, too. The hull was laid using epoxy prepreg-SPRINT sandwich materials. SPRINT stands for SP Resin Infusion Technology. In brief, the fiberglass in the reinforced materials stay dry and unimpregnated by the resin. SPRINT materials are laid up and vacuum-bagged like conventional prepreg items, but when the vacuum is applied, the air trapped in the glass-fiber bundles and between the layers can be removed more easily. When curing begins, the resin fills in where the air used to be, resulting in fewer voids and a stronger laminate. The Swan 105 RS is reportedly the first to feature this process on a large single component like a hull.
We’ll have more of Ti-Coyo on the Megayacht News app later this month. The app is available for download from both iTunes and Google Play.
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