A SUPERBLY BUILT, SHOW STOPPING, UNIQUE CLASSIC YACHT WITH BEAUTIFUL LINES.Sailing yachts as stunning as FREYA of Midgard do not come to market often. Realise your dreams of owning a truly classic, yet contemporary yacht. Not only is this yacht an eye catching thoroughbred, but she is also no slouch around the race course, winning regattas from the Mediterranean to the West Indies. FREYA has always been professionally maintained and is in an immaculate condition with new winches and teak decks fitted in 2024. The equipment list is comprehensive too, so she is a turn-key, ready to sail away yacht, truly a One Off in the world and this is a unique opportunity. Where does she fit in the market? - think Spirit Yachts, modern, timeless classics with a stylish pedigree. Currently based in Antigua, the motivated seller is willing to consider part exchange and discuss shipping costs. Full PICTURE LIBRARY available by request. OVERVIEW Design & Build: S563 Designed by Bill Dixon (designer of the awesome Spirit Yachts and Moody range) 2001 and built by G Collingwood Boatbuilders in 2002, Southampton, England. Launched in 2003. Model: One-off Bill Dixon designed 47 footer, the only one in the World. Construction: This modern CLASSIC vessel features a wood-epoxy construction, Brazilian 20mm Strip Cedar overlaid with 3 x 3mm of Khaya Mahogany, with Carbon spar and boom painted to look like wood and a foam-cored interior to minimize weight. Features: It has a classic topside appearance combined with a modern under-body, including a swing bulbed keel that reduces draft from 2.6m to 1.83m. The warm, elegant and rich interior is styled in an Edwardian fashion including a Vintage BLAKES hand operated toilet and basin. Showcasing 2 x set of Edinburgh Crystal in display cabinets Racing History: Formerly owned by Philippe Fabre, with significant wins at the Voiles d'Antibes and Régates Royales, 12 Rolex cup wins. Current Ownership: Owned and based in Antigua. Recent Performance: 2025 Freya won its class at the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta and In 2024 / 2025 took first in the Spirit of Tradition Concours d'Elégance. CONSTRUCTION(Note FREYA is maintained by a dedicated care team to ensure she is in perfect condition throughout the cruising and racing season).
Cold-molded boat hull, a modern wood-epoxy construction method where multiple thin layers of wood veneers or strips are laminated diagonally over a temporary frame (jig) and bonded with room-temperature-curing epoxy resin. Reputedly as strong as, or stronger than steel!!
Brazilian strip cedar, 20mm, epoxy bonded and bronze clench nails fastened
Planking cross laminated with 3 x 3mm khaya veneers at 45 degrees
Laminated Mahogany Keelson on top of laminated Mahogany floor
Marine plywood epoxy sub deck
Margin boards; covering boards; king planks in Teak
Deck laid with swept teak planking following the margins
3 x Centreline varnished Teak double sided sky lights
AFT DECK
Raw teak laid deck on marine plywood substrate
Teak king planks and covering boards
2x Flush Teak hatches on centreline, vented propane locker and general storage with deck shower faucet
Ensign staff socket
Stern Nav light and GPS receiver on centreline
Deck blocks for spinnaker operations fitted port and stb
Deck cheek blocks port and stb for primary jib winch operations
COCKPIT
Large sunken cockpit
Attractive all-round coaming
Teak laid cockpit seats port and starboard
Line and fender storage on port side under Cockpit seat and Lewmar fuses and Optima battery for Lewmar 48 and stb Lewmar46 winch, access to calorifier and engine compartment
Under stb cockpit seat 100ltre fuel tank and access to side engine compartment and to auto Fire extinguisher
Shore power socket 220v in port cubby hole
Yanmar engine control panel aft of tiller steering
Removable Raymarine wind and depth instrument panel in companion way
Tiller steering with Harken extension
SIDE DECKS
5 x Lewmar self-tailing stainless steel sheet winches
Lewmar 48ST manual and 44ST Electric to Stb
Lewmar 48ST manual and 2 x 48ST Electric to port
Lewmar rope control jammers 4 x port and stb
Spinnaker control blocks port and stb
Jib cheek blocks
TRUNK CABIN
Double panel companion way slide doors
Companionway slide hatch
Port & stb nav lights fitted to the sides
FWD facing opening port window on centreline
4 Steps leading down into Galley and Navigation station
Weems and Path barometer and clock
Varnished Teak port and stb skylights with Lexan protective covers
Icom VHF to port
Dry locker for foul weather gear to Aft Port
Access to main breaker switches and Battery charger aft of chart table
Instrument panel with all switch controls
Single galley S/S sink with brass Hot and Cold-water faucet
Keel hydraulic controls under sink cupboard
2kg multipurpose fire extinguisher under sink cupboard
Top loading insulated Capri fridge with through hull heat exchanger to Stb
MID DECK
Varnished Teak Port & Stb sky lights with Lexan protective covers
Adjustable jib tracks Port & Stb
All Mast halyards, vang control leads aft via single blocks around mast base
Cunningham control on mast base
FORWARD DECK
Selden self-tacking track fitted aft of Sky lights, fwd. of mast, controlled via Jib cover halyard for sheeting control
Varnished Teak skylights with protective Lexan covers
Mooring cleat on centreline with line cleats Port & Stb
2 x Flush teak hatches, access to anchor locker, Reckmann Furler, Delta anchor controlled via Lewmar 12v windlass
2 x flush deck up/down Lewmar switches for anchor

Reckmann Furler below deck in fwd locker control leading aft to cockpit


GROUND TACKLE
S/S Delta anchor in foredeck locker operated over S/Steel bow roller
S/S Chain and warp rode
Spare warp rode located fwd. berth port locker (New)
ACCOMMODATION AND DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT
Accommodation for 4 , 2 in fore cabin berth, 2x in saloon
Access via 4x steps down from companionway hatch

Engine access behind of steps


GALLEY TO PORT
Top loading fridge (Capri)
Varnished teak top surfaces
S/S steel single sink
Force 10 oven with 3 burner hob
Lockers outboard and below
Brass hot & cold mixer tap
Brass Lantern type led lamp
NAV STATION TO STB
Chart table lift lid stowage
Shelf and locker aft lantern led lamp/ reading lamp
Navigation and comms displays, GPS Garmin MAP 750s,
Navtex
Ship's Weems & Path clock, barometer
Sony audio system
FORWARD TO SALOON
Settees / berths port and starboard, Polyurethane foam and tuft seat back covered with Red Mirage Tratos
Underneath port and stb - 100ltr stainless 304 water tanks
Lee cloths
Buttoned back rests
Stowage under and aft
Shelves outboard
Folding saloon table
Bulkhead brass lantern light led to port and stb
Edinburgh Crystal display in cabinets port and stb
FORWARD TO V BERTH
Access Door to stb and Head to port
Vintage floral design Porcelain basin sink unit to starboard in cupboard below storage and shower bilge pump
To Starboard - Shower Mixer tap
Blakes hand operated toilet, shower tray

Deckhead light


FORWARD TO FORECABIN
V berth forms double mattress
Mattress, red with Mirage Statos
Stowage under, cupboards port and stb
Grey Water Tank port side, diverter thru hull valve to overboard
Shelves at hull side and 2x brass lantern led lamps
2 x Optima 75 ah (House bank)
1 x 2kg all-purpose fire extinguisher
SPARS & STANDING RIGGING
Nordic Mast painted wood appearance carbon fibre
Nordic Boom painted wood appearance carbon fibre
3 sets swept back spreaders
Nordic Gas boom vang, cockpit controlled
SAF 2205 Rod standing rigging 10mm uppers shrouds
8mm inner aft lower shrouds
8mm lower fwd. lower shrouds ( not fitted)
Carbon fibre Forestay with Reckmann Furler
Bottle nose barrel rigging screws BSI chrome bronze x 4

9mm Dyneema composite backstay


RUNNING RIGGING
Internal halyards; mostly 10 mm pre-stretched multi-plait Dyneema
Most halyards lead aft to the cockpit through deck organizers
Reefing line and clew outhaul lines led aft to cockpit controls
Backstay controlled by Harken hand crank tensioner
SAILSExtensive and recent sail wardrobe serviced by North Sails consisting of 12 sails. North Sails are based in Antigua and the majority of the quality racing sail wardrobe is supplied by them.
1 x Mainsail, Dacron cruising, with battens and cars 2020 (very little used)
1 x Jib sail, Dacron, cruising 2020 (very little used)
1 x Mainsail, Racing 3DI Endurance with battens and cars 2020
1 x Jib sail Racing 3DI Endurance Ip %92 2020
1 x Jib sail Racing 3DI Endurance with battens Ip% 108 2020
1 x Self tacking Jib Racing 3DI Endurance with battens Ip %95 2025 (Black)
1 x Self Tacking Jib Racing 3DI Endurance with battens Ip % 95 2025 (white) unused
1 x Asm spinnaker A4 104 sq m 2017 yellow
1 x Asm spinnaker A4 143 sq m 2017 yellow
1 x Code 0 with Karver Furler 2017 light grey
1 x Inner Stay Sail with Karver Furler 2017 yellow

1 x Storm Jib 9 sqm white


CANVAS WORK
Cockpit shade cover
Companionway, sky light cover
Saloon, sky light cover
Fore peak/head sky light cover
Boom crutch cover
Winch covers
Tiller cover
MECHANICAL
Yanmar 3GM30F 30hp fresh water-cooled diesel engine
Engine is fully serviced annually and in excellent condition
Auto fire extinguisher in engine compartment
SD20 Sail Drive with folding prop
Wet exhaust system

Calorifier water heater with engine coolant heating in port cockpit locker


ELECTRICAL
4 x Sealed Optima 75Ah batteries (2025)
Isolator/ changeover switch opposite chart table (Cupboard)
12v Electrical panel in chart table area with all switches individually fused to stb
240v AC/ 12 V DC battery 3 way charger (in Cupboard)
240v breaker panel aft of chart table (in Cupboard)
2 x 240v AC sockets in fore cabin and galley
12v receptacle / charging fwd berth / galley / chartable
12v Lewmar Windlass
3 x 12v Lewmar ST Winches
240v Calorifier Hot and cold-water supply to fwd. Head, Galley, retractable stern shower faucet
1 x bilge pump galley area
1 x Hand operated bilge pump in cockpit (Henderson)
1 x anode under hull (2026)
1 x collar anode on SD20 drive (2026)
2 x anodes on reirrigation heat exchanger (2026) 3x anodes in ss keel box (2020)
12v and manual Hydraulic system for keel control with internal pressure bladder
TANKAGE
100L S/S fuel tank, stb cockpit locker with metering at instrument panel
2 x100L S/S water tanks under saloon berths with metering at instrument panel
HEATING
Aft facing Faversham solid cast Iron cabin stove in Saloon (CAUTION -CHIMNEY STOVE FLUE AND CAP NOT CONNECTED THROUGH DECK) Set up for display purposes only !!!
240v Calorifier in port cockpit locker
NAVIGATION
Raymarine wind and depth instruments, fitted to removable panel
Raymarine autopilot connect to Tiller
Raymarine Windex at masthead
Manual Windex fitted to masthead
Garmin GPS Chart plotter 750s
Navtex
Deck level Nav light
Mast head level Nav lights ( not connected)
Compass centre cockpit bulkhead aft facing
ICOM VHF radio
SAFETY
Manual bilge pump cockpit (Henderson)
1 x Electric bilge pump
Deck safety lines
Man overboard life ring stb aft - Horseshoe life sling port with rope
3 x Dry powder fire extinguishers (2024)
LED navigation lights at deck level and top mast level
All round white anchor light at mast head
Assortment handheld flares and flare gun 2025
6 x coastal life vests
Halogen handheld search lamp
OTHER EQUIPMENT
Stern boarding platform
6 x Fenders, warps , sail ties, spinnaker control lines,
2 x Dock lines with shock absorbers
3 x winch handles
Spare rudder blade
Custom movable storage trailer for Freya
2 x aft hull support steel stands
1 x fwd. hull support steel stand
Set of inner fwd. shrouds (not fitted)
Heat resistant cladding for cast iron cabin stove
Faversham solid cast Iron cabin Stove flue and top rain cap (not fitted)
1st Aid kit
Extendable boat hook
Set of original building plans S563 by Bill Dixon and 2002 build receipts by Graham Collingwood
REFITS/ UPGRADES / REPAIRS 2020-2025(Note: Work is done as required every year for shutdown and launch preparation to ensure FREYA is at her best for the racing season from December to April)2025
Rig removal for hurricane storage and Rigging /Mast survey by AA Rigging.
Yanmar engine service , water flush, oil change , New anode, new V-Belt.
Yanmar Sail drive service, replaced lower unit seals, New oil, New prop nut, serviced ByMPS.
New port s/s teel water tank 100lt MPS.
New optima batteries 75ah Deep cycle x 2 house bank.
New Optima 75 ah deep cycle fitted port cockpit locker with breakers providing power tonew winches
New Optima battery 75ah Eng starting x1.
New -Mainsheet 14mm –.
New spinnaker halyard 10mm.
New Jib halyard 10mm.
New Self-tacking/ jib cover halyard 10mm.
New-Code 0 halyard 10mm.
New Karver swivel block 2-1 KF4PF300452 for Code O.
New Lewmar rope clutch 10-12 fitted STB.
New Xantrex true charge 60amp battery charger.
New self-tacking Selden track fitted Fwd of mast.
New North Sail self-tacking jib 3DI Endurance with battens, White (unused).
New North Sail self-tacking jib 3DI Endurance with battens, Black.
-New Lewmar 48 Electric winch fitted port with controls, port and stb controlling mainsheet.
New Lewmar 44 Electric winch fitted stb.
New Awlgrip wood pattern finish to Boom, by Techniques Antigua.
Saloon, Fwd., Aft bilges and anchor locker re painted Awlgrip white.
New anodes fitted for refrigeration heat exchanger.
2024
Rig removal for hurricane storage, Rigging/Mast survey by AA Rigging.
Yanmar engine service oil change, fresh water flush .
Yanmar Sail Drive service, new anode by MPS.

New Teak decks ½” by Teakdecking Systems fitted Chippy Antigua.
Fire extinguishers x 3 serviced.
All upholstery removed for dry clean service.
Interior ceiling repainted with Awlgrip.
Interior flooring repainted Awlgrip varnish.
All hatches painted underneath with Awlgrip white.
New Lewmar cheek blocks for Jib control port and stb
2023
Rig removal for hurricane storage, Rigging/Mast survey by AA Rigging.
Yanmar engine service, oil change, freshwater flush.
Yanmar Sail Drive service, new anode by MPS.
Diesel tank removed, flushed out, reinstalled.
Rebuild Blakes Vintage Hand operated toilet, complete gasket replacement and paint.
New VHF antenna fitted to top of mast
New Raymarine depth and speed instruments and transducers, fitted, by Marionics.
2022
Rig removal for hurricane storage, mast/rigging survey by AA Rigging.
Yanmar engine service, oil change, freshwater flush.
Yanmar sail drive service, new anodes MPS.
New hydraulic gate valves fitted for keel reducing keel movement by MPS.
Made alteration to the top of the double acting ram to reduce keel movement.
Rebuild vang, new Gas Spring kit by AA Rigging.
New Harken cars for main sail, by AA Rigging.
2021
Rig removal for hurricane storage, mast/rigging survey by AA Rigging.
Yanmar engine service, oil change, freshwater flush.
Yanmar sail drive service, new oil/water seals, anode fitted, oil change by MPS
Remove double acting hydraulic ram for keel lifting, complete rebuild by HydraulicServices USA.
New 3x anodes fitted to ss keel box
Rebuild Reckmann jib Furler by AA Rigging
New Awning, Boom sun cover and Jib cover by North Sails
New Lexan protection covers for sky light hatches
2020
Rig removal for hurricane storage, Mast/ Rigging survey by AA Rigging.
Yanmar engine service, oil change, freshwater flush.
New Dacron cruising main sail with battens and cars by North Sails, very little used.
New Dacron cruising furling jib by North Sails, very little used
New Racing main sail, 3DI Endurance, with battens, light grey, by North Sails
New Racing furling jib 108 %3DI Endurance, with battens, light grey by North Sails
New Racing furling jib 90 % 3DI Endurance, light grey by North Sails
DISCLAIMERIn this case we are acting as Brokers only. Whilst every care has been taken in their preparation, thecorrectness of these particulars is not guaranteed. The particulars are intended only as a guide andthey do not constitute a term of any contract. A prospective Buyer is strongly advised to check theparticulars and where appropriate at their own expense to employ a qualified Marine Surveyor tocarry out a survey and/or to have an engine trial conducted which if conducted by us shall not implyany liability for such engine on our part. Life-saving appliances do not form part of the inventory andit is for the buyer to ensure they are in date and suitable for their purposes.