Baltic Sea Yachting Highlight

Exhilarating up wind performance, comfortable soft motion in a seaway, captivating downwind Spinnaker reaches, all these aspects of true yachting are experienced on this 52 foot ocean racer.

Major races like the Annapolis-Bermuda and San Francisco-Hawaii races have established Swede 55’s record as a competitive ocean racer, as well as her performance on the Cape to Rio race.

The sheltered center cockpit and interesting base speed makes Swede 55 to an ideal cruiser for your next yachting holiday in the Baltic Sea. Charter the entire boat for three or four people, a group of friends or join the crew as a single guest.

Remote destinations are easily approachable due to her performance. Ease of handling in heavy weather guides Swede 55 through strong headwinds without the use of the engine.

Swede 55 is Hamburg owned. She is maintained and sailed by a permanent crew of ten to twelve people. The owner/skipper boasts of 30 years of trouble-free seamanship and has been the skipper on many charters since 1987. An experienced and relaxed yachtsman in his late forties who enjoys making practiced sailors from enthusiastic novices.

The typical charters are colleagues or business partners, a group of friends from the university or organized clubs, two couples or families ready for a unique sailing experience aboard this fascinating yacht. Yachting weekends and vacations are a good choice for nature loving people who want a special holiday at reasonable cost.

Charter the Swede 55 for an extended weekend of relaxed cruising on the Bay of Luebeck outside Travemuende (arrangement from Friday evening thru Sunday afternoon).

The boat is available for a weekend, three, five, seven or more days. One way cruises to Denmark (Copenhagen) or Sweden (Gothenburg/Stockholm) are possible when booked well in advance.

The standard of living aboard matches the elegance of this well maintainced classy ocean racer. Though there are seven bunks below deck, no more than five are occupied during the cruise, which adds to the luxury of the experience. On a ten to fourteen day cruise, a crew of four people is ideal for Swede 55. Please note the boat is only available with an experienced skipper.

The skipper has extensive Swede 55 knowledge, the best harbors and anchorages, ports, facilities and safe cruising areas. He will accompany you as accomplished nautical consultant and will bring you and the boat safely to the next harbor, even under serious weather conditions. If you prefer breathtaking Spinnaker reaches or simply a comfortable easy sail, you have both options. Swedesail offers you a memorable holiday. You would like to practice the traditional satellite free navigation while cruising and check your results? You can do that too.

You may be a novice when you come aboard but when you leave you will be a sailor and you will be hooked on yachting.

Sailing this is the best possible learning experience because Swede 55 is agile and sensitive. She is as responsive as a dinghy and a racing yacht combined.

Also consider this sailing experience for your children as they learn how to handle ropes, halyards, sheets and the wheel. The skipper is familiar with making the cruise enjoyable and entertaining for them.

Sailing Season

Ideal time for sailing the Baltic Sea is in the summer from mid May/June thru September. Make your plans to come and send an email with your ideas.

Where To Start

Travemuende, seaside resort and port of Luebeck (and partly Hamburg) is the customary boarding point. Kiel, Schlei, Southern Denmark (the archipelago) and sail to Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Oslo (or reversed order) when booked with sufficient lead time. For the nature minded sailor the former East German waters are nice cruising areas. The regular crew would transfer Swede 55 to your designated boarding point for one way cruises.

Sailing Suggestions

weekends/whitsuntide: Bay of Luebeck, Island of Poel, Kuehlungsborn, Warnemuende or round Fehmarn Island

7/10/14 days: Firth of Kiel, Schlei, Firth of Flensburg/archipelago of Southern Denmark (one way cruises possible)

7/10/14 days: Southern coast of Sweden, Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Swedish archipelago, Oslo (one way cruises possible)

7/10/14 days: waters around RuegenI Island and its archipelago, Stralsund and Hiddensee (one way cruises possible)

Access To Swede 55

Autobahn: A1 Hamburg-Luebeck-Puttgarden Train: Luebeck oder Travemuende Plane: Hamburg-Fuhlsbuettel, Kiel or Luebeck

Extra Costs

The Charterguests share the expense of the boat costs i.e. fuel, propane, electricity, water, and on-board food. The boat costs are based on the accumulated engine hours, which are marginal. The Guests also share the berthing fee expenses which are based on the nights spent in port and expenses for food and drinks ashore.

Preparations

Sailing preparations are done for you by the skipper. Your advantage is to enter a clean, fuelled and ready to sail yacht with all catered items as ordered in advance. Simple complete the catered list you obtained from Swedesail and return it several days prior to the sailing date and come aboard.

You will also get suggestions that you may want to have on board with the booking papers. Musto offers high quality Goretex sailing cloths. If you would like to have your own automatic life raft (by Kadematic), you are welcome to order it and have it aboard to the departure date.

General Data

Length over All	52 ft.
Waterline	43 ft.
Beam	10 ft.
Draft	6 ft. 6 inches
Displacement half load	19,000 lbs
Bridge Clearance	61 ft.
Main and Jib	800 sq. ft.
Genoa I	520 sq. ft.
Genoa II	430 sq. ft.
Spinnaker	1,400 sq. ft.
Hull speed	9 kn
Top speed	22 kn

Equipment

five sails
Triradial Spinnaker, jockey boom
Gemini racing headsail foil
eight self tailing winches
all halyards, trimming and reefing ropes labeled in cockpit
compass, depth-sounder, speedometer, GPS, weather station
pantry with icebox, three burner stove, oven
swimming ladder, deck shower, sun-tent, 12 Volt sockets
battery charger, 220 volt shore currency
five automatic life rafts with lifebelts
CQR anchor with chain lead
35 hp three cylinder diesel, three blade feathering propeller