SWAN 55' Hull #14 YEAR: 1972

Designer: Sparkman & Stephens

Registered BVI

The general specifications are:

Length overall 16.6m (54.5’)

Beam: 4.4m (14.5’)

Draft 2.3m (8’)

Displacement 20,700 kg (390001bs)

Ballast: 7,700 kg (17,000 lbs)

Engine: Volvo Penta MD 21A (75 HP) at 2,900rpm

Designer: Sparkman & Stephens

Comments: This vessel has occasionally taken part in regattas with great success as one would expect

from the design board of Sparkman and Stephens who, at this period in their career, were

world renowned with Americas Cup and Whitbread success. However, she has not been

raced since the 1997 St Lucia Regatta, in which she won her class and beat a Swan 65

into first overall.

Eight yawls and eight sloops were built by Nautor from 1970 to 1974.

This yawl is remarkably pretty in the true classic style and the yawl rig is a joy to handle

and sail. She was originally sailed with hanks and converted to the roller furling system

but the Owner felt that on balance the cutter rig with the yankee staysail suited the hanksystem so well that she was converted back with no regrets. However, the option remains

as the Hood Bi Star is specially cut for her Reckmann furling gear and remains with luff tape.

In practice, her light air performance is remarkable with her full sail compliment of mizzen (and staysail off the wind), main and forestaysail with yankee. The latter can remain right through the wind range and safely carried in 40 knots apparent with a double reef in the main. She slices her way effortlessly through the seas. Both yankee and forestaysail can be lifted with one hand, remarkable for a 55 yacht, but then she does have a pedigree second to none.

She was purchased by the present Owner in 1988 and she is kept to a very high standard. Both keel and rudder have been improved on the original which is a recommended S&S modification of the design.

The particulars listed below include equipments over and above Nautor's standard specification for the Swan 55.

75lb CQR bow anchor with 300 chain.

65lb CQR both with deck chocks aft of main mast.

Kedge 35lb CQR anchor with chain and warp, stowed on transom roller 300 hurricane warp.

Attenbrough Stainless steel sea drogue.

Full deck awnings

Windscoops for forecastle, cabins and saloon.

Side bathing ladder.

Winch covers.

Deckwash hose also fitt to cat pump for 300lbs per square inch pressure jet

Deck shower.

Fenders and mooring lines.

Shore power cable.

Hosepipe

Boom covers

Stainless steel security grills fitted in lifting deck hatches, reinforced security Secure lock

divice on cockpit main hatch

Low point Bilge drained through skin hull fitting for storage on hard, eliminates a lot of worry.

Teak interior with hand-rubbed finish, gloss trim.

SAILS:

Gowen, 1995: Yankee 90%

Mizzen

Hood: Staysail #1

Staysail #2

Storm staysail

Mainsail, 1995

Cruising main

Cruising chute with snuffer

Racing sails are onshore in storage.

No. 1 Light (unused)

No. 1 heavy

No. 3 Blade, 1995

Bistar, No. 2 Furling 130%/Reckmann furling gear stored onshore

Little used

3/4oz Spinnaker red, 1995

1oz Spinnaker blue, 1995

Other sails:

Bilken Cruising No. 1 135%

Banks 1 1/4oz Spinnaker red

RIG:

Standard rigging: main mast keel stepped, tapered mast new 1990, painted hull colour.

Two sets of spreaders

Spinnaker track, two cups, adjustable slide

Steps to first spreader

Discontinuous wire rigging

Caps/intermediates/forward and aft lowers

Swan shroud rollers

Dyform forestay, new 1995

Sepparate forstay for Reckman Furling

Split backstay with seasure tentioners

Mizzen and rigging:

stepped tapered mast new 1990, painted hull colour

One spreader level aft sweep

Caps/lowers/forward/removable mast head rollers

All turnbuckles and spreader tips leather covered 1996

Running rigging:

Two jib halyards

One main halyard

Mast: Two Lewmar 45

Two Barlow 26

One Lewmar 16

Coach Roof: Two Barlow 35

Cockpit: Two Lewmar 65

Two spinnaker halyards

One staysail halyard

One pole topper

One boom topper

One Palmer Johnson roller reefing boom/overhauled 1998

Running backstays

Mizzen staysail halyard

Mizzen halyard

Topping lift

Mainsheet 4 1 winch

Main traveller adjustable 4 1 purchase

Mizzen sheet 2 1 to winch

Four jib sheets

Four staysail sheets

Two spinnaker sheets with Lewmar snaps

Two spinnaker guys with Lewmar snaps

Two Barber haulers 4 1 with jammers

Winches:

Two Lewmar 44

Two Barlow 27

One Barlow 24

Mizzen: Three Barlow 16

She is Ready To Sail, Delivery is Possible

Much more to list than available space permits!

Contact for full inventory.

Owner Must Sell!

Vessel is worth more than asking price.

This is a deal and a very frugal investment!