Simple Harmony is a classic Swan design, incorporating excellent sailing characteristics with very comfortable accommodations.

Design

  • Built: October 1992; Swan 68-003 by Nautor’s Swan (Finland)
  • Designer: German Frers
  • Type: Masthead-rigged sloop
  • Refit: 2010, 2011, 2014
  • Hull construction: Fiberglass
  • Hull color: White
  • Flag: United Kingdom
  • Cruising speed: about 9 knots – sail or power

Dimensions

  • Length – Overall: 20.63 meters (68 feet)
  • Length – Waterline: 16.68 meters (55 feet)
  • Beam: 5.42 meters (18 feet)
  • Draft: 3.2 meters (10.5 feet)
  • Displacement: 40,000 kg (88,200 lbs.)
  • Ballast: 16,000 kg (35,300 lbs.)

Deck Gear and Dingy

  • Besenzoni retracting hydraulic gangway recessed at transom, made of aluminum and teak, with floating dock
  • 2012 Caribe 3.50 powered by 15hp Yamaha 2-stroke engine
  • Propane BBQ
  • Lofrans’ Titan horizontal windlass
  • 100 lb. Delta anchor, 75 lb. CQR anchor

Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery

  • Main engine: Perkins Sabre 6-cyclinder turbo diesel M200Ti 185 hp
  • Generator: Westerbeke BED 16-514 16kW at 50 Hertz

Fuel & Water

  • 3 stainless steel fuel tanks: 1,424 liters (376 gallons)
  • 4 stainless steel freshwater tanks: 1, 650 liters (436 gallons)
  • 2 Watermakers: Shenker 24v– 100 liter/hour capacity, Technicomar 220v-AC SYS6 – 150 liter/hour capacity

Navigation & Electronics

  • B&G Hydra Pack navigation
  • Simrad radar
  • Simrad multi-function display for GPS, chartplotter, and radar at helm and navigation center
  • Simrad AIS
  • KVH TracPhone VP3-IP mini-VSAT broadband system
  • Simrad/Raymarine VHF radios

Safety Equipment

  • Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA-UK) Small Com’l Vessel certified – Category 2
  • Zodiac Extreme 16 person SOLAs A liferaft
  • Simrad 406Mh EPIRB
  • MOM8 man-overboard recovery system

Mast, Rigging & Sails

  • Mainsail – Ullman Sails Voyager Series – carbon/vectran laminate with taffeta (2015)
  • Genoa – Ullman Sails Endurance Series – carbon/vectran laminate with taffeta (2016)
  • Staysail – Ullman Sails – 13.93 (heavy) weight Dacron (2018)
  • Asymmetric spinnaker
  • Aluminum mast – keel stepped
  • Navtec rod rigging and hydraulic system
  • Maxspar carbon-fibre Park Avenue boom

Diversions

  • Diving masks and fins
  • Paddle boards
  • Fishing tackle
  • BOSE SoundLink Mini speakers
  • Yoga mats
  • Games