Screening Process

October, 2007

IT'S A QUESTION with which every man must at some point wrestle: Do I buy a boat or an island? We've always been island people, but the Swan 131 (nautorgroup.com) is making us rethink our position. This 40-meter Finnish sweetheart is the big­gest yacht the company has ever produced and is luxurious be­yond compare. In keeping with Nautor's philosophy, the fiberglass-and-foam-hulled 131 is equally adept at racing and cruising, and optional twin engines let her toodle along at 14 knots in a dead c...