Frers Swan 55 CC Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a Frers Swan 55 CC means chasing a scarce boat: Nautor completed just 22 of them in Finland between 1990 and 1997, and every example is now a used yacht. Germán Frers drew her as a centre-cockpit cruiser, and the market still reflects both the originally marketed Swan 55 naming and the later Swan 53 CC label. Knowing what was factory-standard and what tends to show up on surviving hulls is the first step before any survey.
Layouts on the Used Market
Charter four-cabin arrangements are the more common configuration available secondhand, though other layouts do appear, and ex-charter boats are a frequent presence in the pool. The factory plan itself sleeps six: forward, a V-berth pair and two singles fill the bow, while the saloon settees are L-shaped and straight, and the aft cabin holds a starboard double. A straight port-side galley sits aft of the companionway opposite a starboard nav station, with two heads — one aft of the bow cabin, one aft to starboard.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
A code zero and a bimini are commonly fitted to boats on the market, and you will often see an asymmetric spinner, furling main, bow thruster, electric winches, teak decks, radar, autopilot, and chartplotter already aboard. Less uniformly, air conditioning, heating, lithium batteries, an inverter, a gennaker, a conventional spinnaker, a swim platform, and short-handed rigging show up as owner additions rather than standard spec. For a buyer, the power and energy cluster — bow thruster, electric winches, lithium banks, inverter — determines how easily the boat is handled and lived aboard without shore power; the canvas and sail-handling group — code zero, asymmetric, furling main — shapes light-air performance and short-handed sailing.
What to Inspect
At a viewing, confirm the forward cabin's double V-berth and two bunk beds are present as the factory sleeping plan before assuming the layout matches the listing. Confirm the Perkins 116 hp diesel is present and sized as a manoeuvring aid, not a passage powerplant, and check the deep-draft keel option if drafted at 10.83 feet rather than the standard 8.5. Verify the centre-cockpit hull carries solid fibreglass construction with wood trim and an angled transom, distinguishing it from the later Swan 57CC Frers reverse-transom successor.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These yachts turn up in the United States, Spain, Malaysia, Finland, and France. Before committing, run through this short list:
- Confirm the hull is the angled-transom 55 CC, not the reverse-transom Swan 57CC Frers
- Verify the Perkins 116 hp is the original manoeuvring diesel
- Check whether the keel is standard 8.5 ft or deep-draft 10.83 ft
- Inspect the centre-cockpit solid-glass hull and wood trim for repair history
- Confirm charter versus private layout matches the six-berth factory plan
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Frers Swan 55 CC. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 5 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25 | 1 | $413,228 | — |
| Apr 26 | 5 | $2,071,738 | +401.4% |
| May 26 | 1 | $2,629,690 | +26.9% |
| Aug 26 | 1 | $2,234,118 | -15.0% |
| Sep 26 | 3 | $331,584 | -85.2% |
Where they're listed
Frers Swan 55 CC listings appear across 6 countries. Spain has the most listings with 2 (22.2%), followed by Malaysia and United States.
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