| Swan 55 Sloop | |
| Image Boat: | File:Swan55 Galiana GBR5502T 2011 Euros.jpg |
| Designer: | Sparkman & Stephens |
| Location: | Finland |
| Year: | 1970 |
| No Built: | 16 |
| Builder: | Oy Nautor AB |
| Role: | Cruiser-Racer |
| Draft: | 8feet |
| Displacement: | 456000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | glassfibre |
| Loa: | 54.63feet |
| Lwl: | 38.48feet |
| Beam: | 14.21feet |
| Engine: | Volvo Penta MD21A 610NaN0 diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 170000NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | Skeg-mounted/Spade-type/Transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 63feet |
| J: | 22feet |
| P: | 57feet |
| E: | 20.5feet |
| Sailplan: | Masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 584.25square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 693square feet |
| Sailarea Spin: | 2495square feet |
| Sailarea Upwind: | 1277.25square feet |
| Phrf: | 48-57 |
The Swan 55 is a Finnish sailboat that was designed by Sparkman & Stephens as a cruiser-racer and first built in 1970.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
The boat was variously sold as the Swan 55, Swan 53 and the Palmer Johnson 53.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The design was built by Oy Nautor AB in Finland, from 1970 to 1974 with 16 boats built, but it is now out of production. Of those built, seven were the yawl rig version.[1] [2] [3] [4] [8] [9]
The Swan 55 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop or yawl rig, a raked stem, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed swept fin keel. It displaces 456000NaN0 and carries 170000NaN0 of lead ballast.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The boat has a draft of 8feet with the standard keel.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The boat is fitted with a Swedish Volvo Penta MD21A diesel engine of 610NaN0 for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1] [2] [3] [4]
The design has sleeping accommodation for nine people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, L-shaped and U-shaped settees in the main salon, a two straight settees and a pilot berth in the forward salon and two aft cabins each with a double berth. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a three-burner stove, an ice box and a double sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. There are two heads, one just aft of the bow cabin on the port side and one on the starboard side, aft.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The design has a hull speed of 8.31kn and a PHRF handicap of 48 to 57.[1] [2] [3] [4] [10]