We ask top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times. This month Tracy Edwards nominates The Swan 65
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Evrika is an S&S Swan 65 with a rock’n’roll past, which has been restored in preparation for the 2023 Ocean Globe Race, reports Sophie Dingwall
Evrika got her name from Archimedes, the ancient Greek mathematician who discovered the basis of water displacement. Legend has it that when Archimedes noticed the level of his bathwater rise as he got in, he realised he had discovered a way of calculating volume. In his excitement, he is said to have run through the streets naked shouting ‘Eureka!’ (pronounced ‘evrika’) literally meaning ‘I’ve found it’.
It was a Greek owner who originally commissioned the Swan 65 ketch