The Swan 38 Pirate has very good karma. Olin Stephens drew her lines. His brother Rod fitted and rigged her. Since her inception, the yacht has had an attractive body and a bewitching soul. Over the years, good sailors, young and old, novices and world class, made her move.
Year after year, without exception, this classic Swan gave her skipper and first mate the opportunity to explore many seas, off many shores. To enjoy, we pitted the boat and ourselves against challenges, and, in doing so, were sufficiently successful as to feel our own power growing.
Sometimes the game involved danger. Sometimes it required us to learn new skills. On some occasions sailing was about courage; on some other occasions it was good fortune or luck. On all occasions what was being tested was nerve. In short, Pirate gave us adventure. This is her story: “The Voyage of Pirate”.