all Swede 55
This overview assigns all Swede 55s to build or sail numbers and presumed year of construction. Although some information is up to date, others is based on rumours and outdated information. Moreover, not all boats are known. Reliably identified sail numbers are marked in bold. If you, as a Swede 55 fan and insider, know more, I would be pleased to receive your remarks and improve the tables below. Status 4 October 2021
Boats built by Fisksaetra Yard
| year of construction / Sail # | hull color | name | located | remarks |
| 1976/S 1 | red | Sweedy, Spilhaus II | Kiel/Germany, Guernsey, Capetown 1989-91 | built by Fisksätra, demo boat in Kiel, lost on a reef approaching Mauritius at night in 1991 |
| 1976/SWE 2 | white | Carina III, Swedeheart, Immola, Slanka Frun, Arwen | Stockholm/Sweden | built by Fisksätra, testsailed by På Kryss & Till Rors magazine in Summer 1976, successfully raced in Sweden in early years |
| 1976 or 77/S 3 | red | Elisa | Stockholm/Sweden | built by Fisksätra, mast extended by 2 m, headstay moved forward |
| 1977/S 4, FIN 10481 | white | Prillan, Sweda, Alda | Stockholm/Sweden, Turku/Finland since 2006 | built by Fisksätra, extensively refurbished recently, actively raced, Line honors and first Gotland Runt 2008 |
| 1977/L 1085, GER 5, DEN 5 | white dark blue | So Long | Espoo/Finland, Kiel/Germany, Troense/Denmark | built by Fisksätra, hull painted dark blue in Nineties by first german owner. Succession of 4 owners |
| 1977 | built by Fisksätra, no details regarding boat 6 | |||
| 1977 | built by Fisksätra, no details regarding boat 7 | |||
| 1977/S 8 | white | Geila III, Axe | Stockholm/Sweden; Oslo, then Bergen/Norway | built by Fisksätra |
| 1977/US 9 | white | Javelin, Rosina | West Palm Beach/Florida; Lake Champlain/Vermont USA; New York Waters/USA | built by Fisksätra, black aluminum spar & boom. Rig geometry slighty modified. Beached ahead of Sandy Hook island, New Jersey in 2019, sold at auction in spring 20. Damages repaired by current owner. Boat being for sale. |
| 1977/S 10 | white | Vilda Matilda | Stockholm | built by Fisksätra |
| 1977/US 11 | white, dark blue, black | Corsair | Brooklin/Maine USA, Fairport/Cleveland, Mentor/Ohio Lake Erie | built by Fisksätra, inspired the wooden Swede 55-replica “Vortex” |
| 1977/S 11, POR 8224 | white, dark blue | Hera, Mystic | Caribbean/USA; Lisbon/Portugal | built by Fisksätra, blue hull after extensive refit in late Eigthies, sailing in Portugal |
| 1977/US 12 | white | Saud, Tumlare, Sigrid II, Skye | Caribbean, Woods Hole/USA, Buzzard’s Bay, Cape Town/South Africa since 2015 | built by Fisksätra, steering bar replaced by column, third Swede 55 brought to Cape Town |
| 1977/ USA 93416 | white | Excalibur | Annapolis – Maryland, Seattle – Washington/USA | built by Fisksätra, possibly boat 13, new spar with enlarged sail area in 2007 |
| 1977/S 14, F 16232, DEN 14 | white | Calypso, Santé Montpellier, As, Calypso | Antibes, Port Carmargue, La Grande Motte/Montpellier, France; Limfjord/Denmark | built by Fisksätra, five owners, extensively refurbished, teak clad deck and deckhouse, mahogany footrail |
| 1977/ # 14 ? | white | Tiana, Lotus | Beverly/Massachsetts USA, Dering Harbour/New York, Chatham near London/GB | built by Fisksätra, bought in 2009 in US, carried as deck freight to England in 2009, laid up near Southend-on-Sea, possibly sail number 14 |
| 1977/S 15 | white | Scirocco | Stockholm | built by Fisksätra, sucessfully raced in Stockholm waters |
| 1978/ L 5155 | white | Susaija, Suveren, Quintus | Finland, now Stockholm area | semi-finished boat (hull & deck) by Fisksätra of 1978 acquired by finish boatbuilder 1985, completed in different manner until 1987, deck and deckhouses covered with teak and mahogany, shorter single spreader spar, different interiour layout and finish. |
| 1978/US 57476 | white, red | The Contessa | Seattle/Washington, Alameda/San Francisco | built by Fisksätra, possibly boat 16 |
| 1978/US 17, US 8915 | white | Temptress, Bird | San Francisco, lost in Glacier Bay/Alaska | built by Fisksätra, boat shown in Nautical Quarterly # 6 in spring 1997, successfully sailed San Francisco – Hawaii Race 1982, disappeared in a gale during a singlehanded cruise in Oct/Nov. 99 in GlacierBay/Alaska |
| 1978/S 18 | white | Columella II, So Long, Skuggfaxe, Miramis | Uppsala, Resarö, Vaxholm , Saltsjöbaden (Stockholm waters)/Sweden | built by Fisksätra |
| 1978 or 79/Z 19 | white | Eos | Steinach, Bodensee/ Switzerland, now german seaboard of Baltic Sea | built by Fisksätra, for years the only Swede 55 on Lake Constance, run by sporty and well known owner |
| 1979/ITA 20 | white | Viveka, Sparnoccio | Genoa, Jesolo/Italy, Croatia, Västervik/Sweden | boat repeatedly particiated in Barcolana Race |
| 1978 or 79/S 21 | white, dark blue | Carina | Adriatic Sea, Tunesia, Croatia, Ravenna, Port Grimaud, Helsinki/Finland | built by Fisksätra, succession of five owners, obtained teak deck and dark blue hull in 1997, extensively refurbished in Finland |
| 1979/ G 22 | white | Siloah | Adriatic Sea, then Portoferraio/Elba | built by Fisksätra. Freshwater tanks installed behind backrests in main cabin. Stored on the hard 1989-2019 |
| 1979 | built by Fisksätra, no details regarding boat 23 | |||
| 1979/S 25 | white | Elisabeth II | Norrtälje/Sweden | built by Fisksätra, possibly boat 24 |
| 1979/G 25 | white | Kaniga | Kiel-Schilksee, Kopperby/Germany; Öresund/Denmark | built by Fisksätra, succession of 4 owners, extensive refit in Skive in same manner as Calypso |
| 1979/ G 26/K 26 | white | Valhöll | first german owner; british owner, now second british owner, River Itchen /Southampton | built by Fisksätra, repeated Atlantic crossings in the hands of first british owner, refurbished in 2019/20 |
| 1979/G 27 | white | Gamle Swede | german seaboard of Baltic Sea | last Fisksätra built Swede 55 in autumn 1979, launched May 1980 |
Swede 55 by other builders
| year of construction/ sail # | hull color | name | located | remarks |
| # 28 | presumably built by ACVA Båt, no details regarding boat 28 | |||
| 1982/US 42434 | white | Counterpoint, Spilhaus III | Chesapeake Bay/USA, Capetown/South Africa | built by ACVA Båt, probably boat 28 or 29, won Annapolis – Bermuda race 1986, aquired by Southafrican owner who lost his first Swede 55 in Mauritius, actively raced from Cape Town |
| 1983/S 30 | white | Fast Lane | Solna, Nacka, Stockholm/Sweden | built by ACVA Båt, crossed the Atlantic twice |
| 1980/ K 31 | white | Siri Louise, Peix’ Agulha, Escuteiros Maritimos, Almirante Warington Baden-Powell | Ponta Delgada, Azores Islands/Portugal | probably built by ACVA Båt, seized at Azores Islands on the route from Caribbean to Europe, donated to Sea Scouts in Ponta Delgada |
| 1981/US 32 | white | Flying Cloud | Guam/USA | built by ACVA Båt |
| 1982 or 83? # 33 | built by ACVA Båt, no details regarding boat 33 | |||
| 1984/US 34 | light blue, dark blue | Die Nadel, Kyte, Ohana | San Diego, Port Washington, San Francisco/USA | built by ACVA Båt. Hull colour changed from light blue Gelcoat to dark blue later, aft overhang cut off recently |
| 1989/US 50718 | white | Vortex | Brooklin, Maine/USA | built by Brooklin Boat Yard, slightly altered wooden replica, raced in local waters and Caribbean |
I also heard about a Swede 55 with sail number N 2 (N for Norway) owned by a Norwegian-English couple. The boat sailed charter trips in the Caribbean for a while, was seen in Bonifacio in Corsica in the eighties or nineties. It could be boat no. 23, 28 or 33. The video below shows “Cheyenne”, a recent construction moved by 100 square metres on a carbon mast with swept spreaders. Ballast ratio 57 percent. Uncluttered deck, no runners, tiller steering. A daysailer with comfort for a weekend or summer trip.
Swede 55 Variants
Apart from the Swedish Fisksaetra and ACVA Båt yard constructions plus the coldmoulded replica “Vortex”, there are four other Swede 55 variants from different boat builders.
| year of construction/Sail # | hull color | name | located | remarks |
| 1989/ Swede 75 # 1/S 1, GER 1 | white | Niña | Stockholm, German seabord of the Baltic | built by Crown Yacht AB, currently second owner, carbon spar upgrade |
| 1989/ Swede 75 # 2, K 9953 | white | Universal Hartbeat | Hamble/England, German seabord of the Baltic, Bankeryd Lake Vättern/Sweden | built by Crown Yacht AB, numerous races in England & Scotland (Three Peaks Race), currently third owner |
| 2002/ Swede 52 # 1 | white | Cheyenne | Stockholm/Sweden | build as mostly empty and lightweight Daysailer by Sören Lund/Göran Lundgren. Due to the lenght named Swede 52 |
| Swede 75 Special # 1 | white | Birgit | Långedrag near Gothenburg/Sweden | modified Swede 75, with different superstructure, cockpit and stern |
Thanks to Michael K. Bottles, Charles Churchill, Noah Dater, Norbert Deicke, John Harding, Börje Larsson, Mario Steiner, Ulf Torberger, Lars Wickenberg, Steven White and Juha-Pekka Vuorinen.