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Sweden Yachts 45

Masthead Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · First built 2000

A 14.15-metre masthead sloop with a 2.3-metre draft and a 42% ballast ratio, designed for offshore speed and stability

Designed by Peter Norlin & Jens Ostmann.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder

See her sail

The Sweden Yachts 45, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from SEILmagasinet

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a narrow beam gives 31 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 31
CoastalBluewater

1.82 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.82
LightHeavy

205 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 205
EasygoingPowered-up

19.3 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 19.3
TenderStiff

42% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 42%

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

  • Heavier than ~77% of boats her size on file
  • Draws more than ~84% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2180 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Sweden Yachts 45, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Sweden Yachts 45 is a Peter Norlin and Jens Ostmann-designed masthead sloop built from 2000, featuring a fin with bulb and spade rudder hull. With an LOA of 14.2 meters and a displacement of 12,399 kg, it offers a wing keel option with a shallower draft of 1.98 meters. Aboard *Berthon International*'s toured 2004 Sweden Yachts 45 "Songline," the boat features a carbon fiber rig, rod rigging, and a retractable bowsprit, carrying four gennakers, a cruising chute, and a storm jib.0:15 This specific boat underwent a 2021 refit on the UK's East Coast, including new teak decking and sail replacements.1:59 Its three-cabin, two-head layout includes a saloon, chart table, and a galley with a fridge and freezer.3:58 Technical systems include a generator, watermaker, and an oversized engine, with a hydraulic jack for mast compression.6:43 "Songline" has completed transatlantic passages and Mediterranean cruises, configured for both blue water cruising and racing. *SEILmagasinet* mentioned that Benedicte Lind Bjørland completed an Atlantic crossing aboard a Sweden Yachts 45.4:42

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen 3 times across 2 channels of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

On the water

The Sweden Yachts 45 on video

What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model come up for sale.

1seen for sale

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
41.9%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
19.3
Displacement / length
205.1
Comfort ratio
31.3
Capsize screening
1.82
Hull speed
8.4 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1912
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 2000
Designer
Peter Norlin, Jens Ostmann
Builder
Sweden Yachts

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The family

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