Home of the Original Swan – Who We Are
We are S&S Swan owners who are passionate about sharing knowledge of these magnificent and exceptionally well-built boats with fellow sailors.
The S&S Swan Association is a non-profit, independent organization. To become a Member, you must be the owner of a Nautor’s Swan designed by Sparkman & Stephens. If you are, we warmly invite you to join us. There’s no fee.
Our archive includes around 30,000 files: information, photographs, original drawings, member-contributed maintenance experiences, historical documents about the Swan boats, and much more. While only a small portion of what we have is publicly available on this website, all our resources are freely accessible to S&S Swan Association Members.
If you're considering becoming an S&S Swan owner and need guidance when evaluating a particular S&S Swan, we're here to help you!
Steering committee
Honorary President: Pekka Koskenkyla
Founder and Administrator: Matteo Salamon
Co-founder: Stefano Cioni (1958 - 2015)
Board Member: Cristina Cossa
Board Member: Duarte Champalimaud
Board Member: Alan Gilbert
Advisor: Lars Ström (1939 - 2022)
S&S Swan (download pdf)
When should it be considered original
Olin Stephens talks about us
I have been thankful during recent years to have been able to see the growing interest in many older boats including some of S&S design, as I knew it in the years from 1928 until I retired gradually between 1978 and 1980. The earliest of all seem close to my heart because they were so much the product of personal feeling and intuition.
As time passed I learned more and the office grew and the design approach was more rationalized and, I hope, in some ways better but, perhaps, a little less individual. I am especially grateful for the activity of the Association in the way it has allowed me to see again many of these boats and enjoy the aquaintance many of the owners as protectors of my widespread family.
Nowhere has the warmth of feeling been deeper than in Italy. I think of myself as fortunate in many, many ways. One of my happiest of associations has been to frequently visit with new and old friends in the old world, and to realize the activity and kindness in the Italian branch of the S&S Association.
May I offer salutations and many thanks?
O.J.S. II
Email received
... I am really impressed at the site and at the work you are doing. The information I found (on the website) was really quite important in my desision to buy this boat.
I do most of my sailing single handed, and have had a Contessa 32 for the last twenty-odd years. Have always admired the 38, and when one came up for sale last fall I checked the web and found the S&S Swan Association.
I think it was the enthusiasm for the boats that comes across so clearly that made me decide to ask for a test-sail, and that was it!
Fair winds!
(e-mail signed, the author of this kind message is now the happy new owner of Swante, a magnificent 1976 S&S Swan 38).
