STORM
Class 0DisplacementCruiser/Racer

STORM — FRA 53493

Model: Swan 55 (Frers)

Nautor SwanGerman Frers

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STORM (FRA 53493) is a Swan 55 designed by German Frers and built by Nautor Swan. She has been racing since 2026. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most Swan 55s. Against a typical Swan 55 she is quicker downwind, and slower on a beam reach.

STORM FRA 53493 - German Frers - Nautor Swan

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

4

Race starts

0

Wins

0%

Podiums

40

Race Edge

466.3s/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 kn20
10–16 kn80
Over 16 kn40
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Length

16.58 m

54′ 5″

Beam

5.02 m

Draft

2.51 m

Displacement

23.4 t

Sail area

170 m²

On the podium

Where STORM 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 STORM on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • ItalyRolex Swan Cup20269121113

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

Other competitors (19)

Met too few times for a figure.

LUCA F (Swan 55 (Frers), 4 meetings), ALEGHER (Swan 55 (Frers), 4 meetings), LUCE (Swan 58, 4 meetings), ELLE (Swan 56, 4 meetings), CARMEL C (Swan 58, 4 meetings), BLACK ZERO (Swan 51, 4 meetings), QUATRE QUARTS (Swan 58, 4 meetings), FUJIN (Swan 55 (Frers), 4 meetings), AMBRA (Swan 48, 4 meetings), FOLLIA (Swan 58, 4 meetings), LINA (Swan 48 (Frers), 4 meetings), BUTTERFLY (Swan 58, 4 meetings), EALA (Swan 48, 4 meetings), APACHE (Swan 58, 4 meetings), BOHÈME (Swan 58, 4 meetings), KOKOMO (Swan 58, 4 meetings), FEELIN' GOOD (Swan 58, 4 meetings), NARAYANA (Swan 58, 4 meetings), AN SAOIRSE (Swan 54, 4 meetings)

How STORM compares with a typical Swan 55

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Swan 55s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Swan 55; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind+0.00 kn
Beam reach-0.11 kn
Broad reach+0.12 kn
Downwind+0.11 kn

Full width is 0.6 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Swan 55 on the broad reach.

Speed at every angle

STORM in blue, a typical Swan 55 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

STORM in blue, a typical Swan 55 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Swan 55s racing

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

More about the Swan 55 (Frers)

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

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