MATILDA II
Class BHeavy displacementCruiser/Racer

MATILDA II — S55

Model: Swan 47

Nautor SwanSparkman & Stephens

Updated

MATILDA II (S55) is a Swan 47 designed by Sparkman & Stephens and built by Nautor Swan. She has been racing since 2026. She sails with a deeper keel than most Swan 47s. Against a typical Swan 47 she is slower upwind in light air.

MATILDA II S55 - Sparkman & Stephens - Nautor Swan

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

4

Race starts

0

Wins

0%

Podiums

21

Race Edge

Swan 47: 27

540.5s/mile

Rating 2026

Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.

Under 10 kn40
10–16 kn11
Over 16 kn1
MATILDA IIA typical Swan 47How Race Edge works
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Length

14.60 m

47′ 11″

Beam

4.19 m

Draft

2.39 m

Displacement

15.5 t

Sail area

129 m²

On the podium

Where MATILDA II finishes when she goes racing.

0

Wins

0

Seconds

0

Thirds

4

Starts

Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.

Regattas

Every regatta we found with MATILDA II on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • ItalyRolex Swan Cup20264468

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Round the buoys, or offshore

A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat.

Round the buoys

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Not enough data yet: 1 race of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.

Offshore & coastal

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Not enough data yet: 3 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

The boats MATILDA II meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

Other competitors (8)

Met too few times for a figure.

ELAN (Swan 48 (Stephens), 4 meetings), SHIRLAF (Swan 65 (Stephens), 4 meetings), LINTU (Swan 57, 4 meetings), ALGOL V (Swan 57, 4 meetings), VAHINE (Swan 65 (Stephens), 4 meetings), TRANSLATED 9 (Swan 65 (Stephens), 4 meetings), DREAM (Swan 47, 4 meetings), SAIDA (Swan 65 (Stephens), 4 meetings)

How MATILDA II compares with a typical Swan 47

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Swan 47s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Swan 47; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.05 kn
Beam reach-0.04 kn
Broad reach-0.02 kn
Downwind+0.00 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical Swan 47 on the upwind.

Speed at every angle

MATILDA II in blue, a typical Swan 47 dashed.

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MATILDA II in blue, a typical Swan 47 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Swan 47s racing

Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.

More about the Swan 47

Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.

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