Boats as exquisite as FREYA of Midgard do not come to market often, and represent a fantastic opportunity to realise your dreams by owning a beautiful truly classic but modern yacht with graceful and beautiful lines. Her extensive quality equipment and sail list are second to none, making this unique yacht a ready to sail purchase. Not only is this yacht an eye catching thoroughbred, but she is also no slouch around the race course. FREYA has always been professionally maintained and is in immaculate condition with new teak decks fitted in 2024. Currently based in Antigua, surely the West Indies is calling! Our local Agent on the ground is happy to arrange airport pickups and accommodation requirements for viewings.

Freya’s equipment list is awesome and she is a turn key, immaculate, ready to sail away yacht. She is truly a One Off in the World, and so this is a unique opportunity to buy.

Full PICTURE LIBRARY available by request.

OVERVIEW

Design & Build: S563 Designed by Bill Dixon 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 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
Wood epoxy monocoque hull
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

SAILS
Extensive and recent sail wardrobe serviced by North Sails consisting of 12 sails
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

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 By
MPS.
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 to
new 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 main
sheet.
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.