ELLE 1998 56' 5" NAUTOR SWAN Cruising or Racing Sailboat

Swan 56 Elle has recently returned to San Giorgio di Nogaro after a summer of cruising in the Adriatic Sea.  Her in-mast furling mainsail makes short handed sailing a breeze and hour three cabin interior comfortably accommodates six guests plus crew.

The full beam aft cabin features a centerline double berth while the two forward cabins offer upper and lower bunks.  Elle is now offered for sale and ready for extended cruising.

DECK

Deck Equipment

• Hydraulic opening bathing platform
• Sliding recessed foredeck hatch
• Extra ports to aft cabin
• 8 deck prisms
• White painted radar pole aft
• Bimini
• Dodger, aft
• Dodger amidships
• Cockpit cushions
• Mid deck cushions
• Cockpit shower
• Deck wash (fresh water)

Winches

• Lewmar 77 SEST electric primaries
• Lewmar 54 CEST electric secondaries
• Lewmar 54 CEST electric mainsheet
• Lewmar Ocean 2 windlass
• Remote switch for windlass at helm

INTERIOR


General

Layout as per plan. Beautifully finished in hand rubbed teak, and teak veneers, corian counter tops, leather upholstery, attractive berth fabrics, and covers. High-end stereo and TV systems, with second TV in owners cabin aft. Fully air conditioned, and with separate diesel heater. Built in washer dryer. Halogen Cantalupi lighting with dimmers, and special bulkhead lighting in main saloon and owners cabin. Full width owners cabin aft, twin guest cabins forward, and Captains cabin in the forepeak.

• Mirrors on head doors 
• Flush door handles in passage way 
• Custom CD and tape stowage 
• Custom one piece table 
• Custom cabinetry at chart table 
• Vacuflush heads
• Fresh water purifier

Galley

• Running along the Port side aft of main saloon, towards aft cabin.
• Double sinks on centreline, Freezer with wire lift out baskets, eye level fridge.
• Gas solenoid
• 3 burner stove, broiler, oven
• Microwave
• Chopping board

ENGINE & SYSTEMS

Walk in engine room, fully insulated, containing Yanmar 96 Hp engine, 12 kW Westerbeke generator, battery chargers and Hydraulic furling power pack

• Sea fresh 2200 litre per day water maker

• Air conditioning 39 000 BTU

• Eberspächer D7W diesel heater 

• Electric bilge pump 

• Engine refrigeration 

• 110v refrigeration 

• 2 Holding tanks 

• double fresh water pumps 

• silent exhaust on generator 

• House battery charger 100 amp 

• Radio bank charger 50 amp

• 24v Dc/ 12v Dc converter

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

This Swan 56 is diversely set up to accept 220v or 110 volt shore power, and change 220v via a 6Kva isolating transformer to 110volts for use in the vessel. 110v can also be created via a 12 Kw Westerbeke generator, or by a 2600 W inverter. 430 Amp hour 24volt batteries, with individual banks for engine starting, generator starting and for the radio/electronics. Separate air conditioning shore power inlet.

• Trace 2600 watt inverter
• Auto/manual Foghorn
• Red dome light in aft cabin
• Boom light with dimmer
• Chart table light
• 115 v Microwave
• Washing machine
• Hella turbo fans in all cabins
• Burglar alarm
• Battery capacity meter
• New chartpottler - Raymarine
• New Radar - Raymarine

ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS

• B&G Hydra 2000 system

• FFD at chart table

• FFD on crash bar 

• FFD in owners cabin 

• FFD at forward end of cockpit 

• 360 degree wind display 

• 45 degree wind display 

• Super Halcyon 3 compass 

• Temp sensor 

• Barometric sensor 

• Air temp sensor 

• Heel angle sensor 

• B&G Hydra pilot 

• Furuno GP 30 GPS 

• Northstar 951 XD plotter 

• Furuno 1832 radar 

• Furuno radar repeater at helm 

• Icom M710 SSB 

• Icom IC 125 VHF 

• Delta active antenna 

• Sea station Weatherfax 

• Grounding cage 

• Insulated backstay 

• KVH Tracvision 

• Panasonic TV (2) 

• RCA decoder 

• Alpine stereo 

• CD changer 

• Amplifier 

• 4 sets cabin speakers 

• Cockpit speakers 

• Volume controls in cabins 

• Inlet for TV and AT 130 antenna tuner

MAST & RIGGING

White painted Nautor built hydraulic furling aluminium mast with flute stoppers. White painted aluminium boom with powered 2 speed hydraulic outhaul Carbon fibre spinnaker pole stowed on mast Navtec hydraulic vang, backstay and inner forestay System 50 panel for hydraulics 

• Triple spreader with Rod rigging
• Insulated backstay
• Aramid runners and checkstays

Sails - By Doyle

Vectran DV main 

135% roller furler (Vectran) 

95% roller furler (Vectran) 

Staysail (Dacron)
Cruising spinnaker with sock
Reckmann hydraulic headsail furling