SKYE — MLT 532
Model: Swan 53
Updated
SKYE (MLT 532) is a Swan 53 designed by German Frers and built by Nautor Swan. She has been racing since 2024. She sails close to a typical Swan 53 at every angle.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats8
Race starts
0
Wins
12%
Podiums
7
Race Edge
494.7s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
16.08 m
52′ 9″
Beam
4.76 m
Draft
3.11 m
Displacement
20.7 t
Sail area
156 m²
On the podium
Where SKYE finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
1
Seconds
0
Thirds
8
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 SKYE on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Rolex Swan Cup20262894- Rolex Swan Cup20241211109
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Report a regattaRound 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: 7 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats SKYE meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (22)
Met too few times for a figure.
KATIMA (Swan 54, 4 meetings), BEDOUIN (Swan 53, 4 meetings), FIXATION (Swan 46, 4 meetings), MOHBARAK 5 (Swan 54, 4 meetings), KUINI (Swan 46, 4 meetings), AZAHAR (Swan 56, 4 meetings), WHIMSEA (Swan 48, 4 meetings), MIA (Swan 48, 4 meetings), AN SAOIRSE (Swan 54, 4 meetings), PERI (Swan 55 (Frers), 4 meetings), FUJIN (Swan 55 (Frers), 4 meetings), TORTUGA AZUL (Swan 55 (Frers), 4 meetings), ALEGHER (Swan 55 (Frers), 4 meetings), LUNZ AM MEER (Swan 651, 4 meetings), AMADEUS (Swan 46, 4 meetings), FORMOSA (Swan 51, 4 meetings), GERONIMO (Swan 651, 4 meetings), WINDEKIND (Swan 44 (Frers), 4 meetings), MARIPOSA (Swan 46, 4 meetings), EIRA (Swan 51, 4 meetings), KJU (Swan 40 (Frers), 4 meetings), GALADRIEL (Swan 53, 4 meetings)
How SKYE compares with a typical Swan 53
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Swan 53s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Swan 53; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots she sails level with a typical Swan 53 across the course.
Speed at every angle
SKYE in blue, a typical Swan 53 dashed.
SKYE in blue, a typical Swan 53 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Swan 53s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Swan 53
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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