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The Swan 651 is a Finnish sailboat that was designed by Germán Frers as a blue water cruiser–racer and first built in 1982.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The design was built by Oy Nautor AB in Finland, from 1982 until 1991 with 19 boats completed, but it is now out of production.^[1][2][6]

The Swan 651 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel or optional stub keel and retractable centreboard. It displaces 75,500 lb (34,246 kg) and carries 31,700 lb (14,379 kg) of lead ballast.^[1][2]

The boat has a draft of 11.50 ft (3.51 m) with the standard keel and is fitted with a British Perkins Engines diesel engine of 120 hp (89 kW) for docking and manoeuvring.^[1][2]

The design has sleeping accommodation for six people, with two bunk beds in each of two forward cabins, a U-shaped settee and a straight settee in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a central, double island berth. The galley is located on the port side just aft of the companionway ladder. The galley is U-shaped and is equipped with a four-burner stove, an ice box and a double sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. There are three heads, one for each cabin.^[1][2]

The design has a hull speed of 9.94 kn (18.41 km/h) and a PHRF handicap of 6 to -12 for the fin keel version and -6 for the centreboard model.^[1][2][7]

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