SWEDE 55
Fractional Sloop • Fin with rudder on skeg • Built 1975–1985
Dimensions
- LOA
- 53 ft
- LWL
- 39 ft
- Beam
- 9.58 ft
- Max Draft
- 6.42 ft
- Displacement
- 16,640 lbs
- Ballast
- 9,036 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.50 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 17.0
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 125
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 54.3%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 694 sq ft
- I
- 44.6 ft
- J
- 13.2 ft
- P
- 49.9 ft
- E
- 16 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin with rudder on skeg
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- Lead
Production
- First Built
- 1975
- Last Built
- 1985
- Number Built
- 35
Engine & Accommodations
- Engine Make
- Volvo
- Engine Model
- MD11C/110S
- Engine Type
- Diesel
Notes:
This design has a fairly convoluted history. A number of builders? Later boats were delivered with various updated rudder, keel and rig combinations.
Fisksätra Shipyard built 27 hulls between 1975-1979.
Designer
- Knud Reimers (1906–1987)
Builder
- Fisksätra Shipyard (1919–1979)