SWY 340 vs Oceanis 37

In a Baltic filter of aft-cockpit listings a Sweden Yachts 340 and a Beneteau Oceanis 37 often sit side by side as "family ~37-foot" boats. The metres on the plate argue at once. On the SWY 340 plate sit 10.36 m overall length, 3.51 m beam and about 5.7 t: drawing by Peter Norlin and Jens Östmann, Stenungsund, years 1986-1995, a series of about 101 hulls. The Oceanis 37 is drawn by Finot/Conq in the 2006-2012 window: about 11.48 m overall, about 3.91 m beam, about 6.35 t displacement. These are not neighbouring classmates by overall length: a gap of about 1.12 m LOA already breaks the "same ~37-foot" frame.

SWY 340 in this pair holds only the Norlin/Östmann 1986-1995 window, a series of about 101, and 10.36×3.51. Years 2005-2012 and a size about 10.31×3.2 m in a listing mean a database error, not this form. Reading the 340 as Oceanis's equal at "~37 foot" is a length-class mistake, not a taste for Stenungsund finish. Reject that ~37-foot framing.

On the board, Oceanis next to SWY often carries foreign labels Beneteau 37 and charter Moorings 37.2: whether the form matches is checked by number and year on the plate before a deposit. The only Beneteau form that works here is Finot/Conq 2006-2012 at about 11.48 m length and about 3.91 m beam. Reject anything labelled 37.1 and listings with open years from 2014.

The short Swedish 1986-1995 package carries small-series finish and a thinner secondary pool of about a hundred hulls; the longer, wider Beneteau 2006-2012 often shows denser listings and a charter trail. Berth, policy, and saloon volume diverge with LOA and beam, not with whose badge sounds louder in the Baltic.

Hauling both on one day covers a shared 1980s-2010s map with different accents. Shared list: calendar age of the standing rigging, soft deck zones after frost, winter history. On the SWY 340, stress teak plugs and deck joints plus refusing to read her as "the same ~37 foot" and refusing foreign years 2005-2012. On the Oceanis, stress charter weeks, saildrive seals, draft from the plate, and refusing 37.1 / open years from 2014.

A season afloat between 10.36 and 11.48 m is held by the wall and the policy, the crane with winter storage, and money set aside for teak, sails, wire, and drive. The SEK bands below are gathered for this pair and show only the order of seasonal spend.

This page does not discuss the listing price or the surveyor's conclusion. How much teak remains in the deck, what the seals show by hours, and how many seasons the sails have left become visible on hard standing, not from the advert.