Swede 55 registry
This Swede 55 registry assigns the boats as far as known to build or sail numbers and known/presumable year of construction. Although some information is up to date, others is based on rumours and outdated information. Reliably identified build/sail numbers are marked bold. Should you as local sailor and Swede 55 fan know more, please be to kind to support improving this registry. Your remarks will help other sailors interested in this fine fleet to obtain sound information. Status April 17, 2023
Boats by Fisksätra Varv 1976 – 79
| year of construction / Sail # | hull color | name | located | remarks |
| 1976/S 1 (lost) | red | Sweedy, Spilhaus II | Kiel/Germany, Guernsey, Capetown 1989-91 | 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 | 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 | Mast extended by 2 m, headstay moved forward |
| 1977/S 4, FIN 10481 | white | Prillan, Sweda, Alda | Stockholm/Sweden, Turku/Finland since 2006 | 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 | Sold via Swedesail. Hull painted dark blue in Nineties by first german owner. Succession of 4 owners |
| 1976 | white | Lotus | Dering Harbour, Long Island/USA now south of GB | Boat # 6 ? US Reg. # 617263, bought November 2007 in US, brought as deck freight to Southampton 2009 |
| 1977 | no details regarding boat 7 | |||
| 1977/S 8 NOR 9091 | white | Geila III, Axe | Stockholm/Sweden; Oslo, then Bergen/Norway | Sold via Swedesail |
| 1977/US 9 | white | Javelin, Rosina | West Palm Beach/Florida; Lake Champlain/Vermont USA; New York Waters/USA | Black aluminum spar & boom. Modified rig geometry. Beached ahead of Sandy Hook island, New Jersey in 2019. Damages supposedly repaired by next owner. |
| 1977/S 10 | white | Vilda Matilda | Stockholm | |
| 1977/US 11 | white, dark blue, black | Corsair | Brooklin/Maine USA, Fairport/Cleveland, Mentor/Ohio Lake Erie | Inspired the wooden Swede 55-replica “Vortex” |
| 1977/S 11, POR 8224 | white, dark blue | Hera, Mystic | Caribbean/USA; Lisbon/Portugal | Sunk in Caribbean, salvaged. 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 | Steering bar replaced by column, third Swede 55 brought to Cape Town |
| 1977/ USA 93416 | white, dark blue | Excalibur, Surprise | Annapolis – Maryland, Seattle – Washington/USA, Bussards Bay/USA | Probably boat # 12, new spar with enlarged sail area in 2007 extensively refurbuished, painted dark blue in 2022 |
| 1977/S 14, F 16232, DEN 14 | white | Calypso, Santé Montpellier, As, Calypso | Antibes, Port Carmargue, La Grande Motte/Montpellier, France; Limfjord/Denmark | Probably boat # 13, five owners, extensively refurbished, teak clad deck and deckhouse, mahogany footrail |
| 1977 (damaged) | white | Tiana | Beverly/Massachsetts USA | damaged hull, for sale |
| 1977/S 15 | white | Scirocco | Stockholm | Successfully raced in Stockholm waters |
| 1978/US 57476 | white, red | The Contessa | Seattle/Washington, Alameda/San Francisco | Possibly boat 16 |
| 1978/US 17, US 8915 (lost) | white | Temptress, Bird | San Francisco, lost in Glacier Bay/Alaska | Boat shown in Nautical Quarterly issue 6 spring 1979, 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 | |
| 1978 or 79/Z 19 | white | Eos | Steinach, Bodensee/ Switzerland, now german seaboard of Baltic Sea | For years the only Swede 55 on Lake Constance, run by sporty and well known swiss owner, then northern germany, sold to third owner in April 23 |
| 1979/ITA 20 | white | Viveka, Sparnoccio | Genoa, then Jesolo/Italy, Croatia, Västervik/Sweden | Repeatedly particiated in Barcolana Race |
| 1978 or 79/S 21 | white, dark blue | Carina | Adriatic Sea, Tunesia, Croatia, Ravenna, Port Grimaud, Helsinki/Finland | 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 | Freshwater tanks installed behind backrests in main cabin. Stored on the hard 1989-2019, presumably in Sweden recently |
| 1979/S 25 | white | Elisabeth II | Norrtälje/Sweden | |
| 1979/G 25/DEN25 | white | Kaniga, ES | Kiel-Schilksee, Kopperby/Germany; Öresund/Denmark | 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 | 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 two other builders
| year of construction/ sail # | hull color | name | located | remarks |
| 1978/ L 5155 | white | Susaija, Suveren, Quintus | Finland, now Stockholm area | Fisksätra hull & deck 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. |
| 1989/US 50718 | white | Vortex | Brooklin, Maine/USA | Built by Steve White of Brooklin Boat Yard, slightly altered cold moulded wooden replica, raced in Cabibbean and local waters. |
By successor ACVA Båt 1980 ≈ 84
| year of construction/ sail # | hull color | name | located | remarks |
| # 28 | Probably 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 (seized & donated) | 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, possibly boat # 28 or 33? |
| 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 |
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. This 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 the annual summer cruise.
Variants with bigger spar since 1989
Apart from the Fisksätra Varv, ACVA Båt, the Finnish and American constructions, there are four other Swede 55 variants by 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 |
| 2006-7/ Swede 52 | white | Cheyenne | Stockholm/Sweden | Built as mostly empty and lightweight Daysailer by Sören Lund/Göran Lundgren. Due to the length named Swede 52. Probably built in Gotland/Sweden |
| Swede 75 Special | white | Birgit | Långedrag near Gothenburg/Sweden | Modified Swede 75, with different wooden superstructure, cockpit and stern |
Thanks to Michael K. Bottles, Charles Churchill, Noah Dater, Norbert Deicke, John Harding, Lars Klok, Börje Larsson, Mario Steiner (†), Ulf Torberger, Lars Wickenberg, Steven White and Juha-Pekka Vuorinen.