Swallow (keelboat)

Current Specifications
S Class Symbol
Crew	3 (current) 2 (Olympics)
LOA	7.77 m (25 ft)
LWL	5.8 m (19 ft)
Beam	1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Draft	1.04 m (3 ft 5 in)
Hull weight	1,022 kg (2,250 lb) 358 kg (790 lb) (hull) 608 kg (1,340 lb) (keel)
Main & Jib area	20.32 m2 (218.7 sq ft)
Spinnaker area	26.0 m2 (280 sq ft)
Development
Year	1943
Designer	Tom Thorneycroft
Former Olympic Class

The Swallow (also known as the National Swallow or Golondrina) is a type of keelboat that was used as a two-man Olympic class for the 1948 Olympics.

It was designed by Tom Thorneycroft as a potential replacement for the Star class still in use. The design was also entered in a 1943 competition sponsored by Yachting magazine, but never became significantly popular outside the United Kingdom.^[1]

The design has a ³⁄₄ keel with an attached raked rudder. It has dingy-like characteristics, and is capable of planning in strong breezes.

Olympic results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1948	Great Britain (GBR) Swift Stewart Morris David Bond	Portugal (POR) Symphony Duarte de Almeida Bello Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello	United States (USA) Margaret Lockwood Pirie Owen Torrey

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew
4	Sweden (SWE)	HEDBERG, Stig	MATTON, Lars
5	Denmark (DEN)	RATHJE, Johan Frederik	PETERSEN, Naalli Marius
6	Italy (ITA)	SALATA, Dario	RONCORONI, Achille
7	Canada (CAN)	ROBERTSON, John Norman Frank	TOWNSEND, Richard L.
8	Norway (NOR)	CHRISTENSEN, Oivind	BENGTSON, Knut; HEJE, Arnfinn; Kolbjorn THOMMESSEN, O.
9	France (FRA)	LEBRUN, Jacques Baptiste	PERRISSOL, Henri; PEYTEL, Jean
10	Brazil (BRA)	DOS REIS FERRAZ, Victorio Walter	BORCHERS, Carlos
11	Netherlands (NED)	DE VRIES LENTSCH JR., Willem	BIER, J.; KEEGSTRA, Philippus Harco; VINK, C.
12	Uruguay (URU)	SAEZ, C.A.	BIDEGARAY, J.B.; GAMENARA, J.; SIENRA CASTELLANOS, Felix
13	Ireland (IRL)	DELANY, Alfred Fred Joseph	ALLEN, R; MACNALLY, E.; SULLIVAN, David
14	Argentina (ARG)	CIBERT, J.	LAWRENCE, M.; MERLO, S.; MONTI, Horacio

References

1. ^ "Parts of the Swallow history is described in: The History of the Tempest" (PDF). http://www.deltanine.com/chapt1.pdf. 

References

• Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad London 1948 (1951) (pdf). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad London 1948. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1948/OR1948.pdf. 
• Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA. 
• "London 1948". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Summer/London-1948. 

External links

• Swallow Class Page at YachtsandYachting.com
• Bottomley, Nick (10 Jul 2006). "Swallow Nationals at Itchenor Sailing Club". YachtsandYachting.com. http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/?article=22375.