Every sail and cover on this page is cut or sized for the Swanson 42, at a fixed published price. Mainsails and genoas are cut in Dimension-Polyant Dacron, and we check your measurements with you before anything is cut.
Illustration. Yours is cut to this boat’s measurements.A 34.7 m² cross-cut Dacron mainsail, cut to the 13.41 m luff and 4.42 m foot, with two reefs. Three leech battens and a full head batten as standard, or four full battens if you want it to stack neatly on the boom.
You choose: cloth (Optimum Cruise or C-Breeze), battens, build time.
Illustration. Yours is cut to this boat’s measurements.Cut for the 15.42 m × 5.26 m fore-triangle, with a Sunbrella UV cover sewn in V138 thread. Pick 110% LP for a breezy home port, up to 150% for light-air sailing.
You choose: cloth (Optimum Cruise or C-Breeze), size (110%–150% LP), UV cover colour, build time.
Each one is matched to the Swanson 42. The link opens it with the right size selected.
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Every Swanson 42 price in your inbox: mainsail and genoa in each cloth, the spinnaker, sock, storm sails and canvas, plus the rig dimensions.
| Measurement | Metres | Feet |
|---|---|---|
| I (fore-triangle height) | 15.42 | 50.6 |
| J (fore-triangle base) | 5.26 | 17.3 |
| P (mainsail luff) | 13.41 | 44.0 |
| E (mainsail foot) | 4.42 | 14.5 |
| Mainsail area | 34.7 m² | 373 ft² |
| Fore-triangle area | 40.5 m² | 436 ft² |
| Length overall (approx.) | 12.80 | 42 |
We confirm your measurements before anything is cut. Different numbers on your boat? Ask us and we will price it to your rig.
From A$3,743.30 in Dimension-Polyant Optimum Cruise with 3 leech battens and a full-length head batten, or A$3,944.60 with 4 full battens. C-Breeze, the long-life cloth, starts at A$4,907.10. Every mainsail is cut to the Swanson 42 rig (P 13.41 m, E 4.42 m) with two reefs.
We build 110% to 150% LP for the standard rig (I 15.42 m, J 5.26 m). Pick a smaller genoa for a windy home port and a larger one for light-air sailing. Furling genoas start at A$4,373.60.
A Size 8 (94 m²) asymmetric suits the Swanson 42 fore-triangle. It starts at A$2,656.50, or A$3,602.50 with a dousing sock.
The Offshore Special Regulations cap a storm jib at 5% of I squared (11.9 m² here) and a trysail at 17.5% of P × E (10.4 m²). That makes our Extra Large (9.5 m²) storm jib and Medium (7.8 m²) trysail the right sizes.
Measure I, J, P and E and compare them with the rig table. We confirm every measurement with you before the sail is cut.
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For a race programme, a Sydney to Hobart or a bluewater expedition, our sister loft Kraken Sails designs laminates, membrane sails and storm wardrobes for the hard end of sailing.
