LILLYBELLE is designed by Peter Norlin and built by Bröderna Heed, Akersberga, Sweden,1981 for the 1981 World Cup on Lake Constance. She is designed to sail in very light winds and was one in a long run of Sixes named «May Be» that were owned by the Salén family. The yacht was built for Sven Salén.
The yacht competed at various international regattas during the 1980s and, sailing as S 99, achieved a 5th place finish at the 1985 World Cup. Since 2018 she is sailed by Jürg & Daniel Stocker as SUI 141. Afer a season of strong performances and regular podium finishes, LILLYBELLE SUI 141 claimed the 2025 Swiss 6mJI Modern Championship.
1989 keel refit with a winged keel from Ridder Bergström.
LILLYBELLE was undertaken a completely refit 2018/ 2019.
Original name: May Be XIII (S 99). Other name: Rumble Bee (FRA 122). Renamed as LILLYBELLE (SUI 141) 2018.
The yacht is used exclusively for regattas, is maintained by a shipyard and is stored in a heated hangar during winter.
The current sails are : Mainsail Europ’Sails Fibre black Aramid ES/GP 2025 Jib Light Europ’Sails Fibre black Aramid Surface TGL 2025 Jib Medium Europ’Sails Fibre black Aramid Surface TGL 2023 Jib Heavy Europ’Sails Fibre Aramid Surface TGL 2023 Spinnaker Runner Europ’Sails Light Runner Superlight Tri-Radial 2020
Running Gear : 2026
Electronic : Tacktick Raymarine Dual Maxi
Towing vehicle : IVECO 50C17T Daily 2013
Saddle hanger : Fankhauser FA-1000 2011, special conversion for LILLYBELLE 6mJI 2018
Accessoiries : Bartels furling jib system, compass, 2 electric pumps and 1 hand pump, battery and watterproof box, cockpit cover and full boat cover, engine mount, Torqueedo Travel 1103 CL, straps for lifting and transport
Everything is in exellent condition. Photos and rating certificate below.
State of the Art modern 6-Metre, build in 2020 and continuously developed by VMG Design. Probably one of the most elegant 6-Metre and in top condition. Always professionally maintained and sailed. Top scorer at international races including Worlds, Europeans, Palma Series. Rare opportunity to acquire a modern Six for the upcoming Palma Series and Worlds.
Specific details
Designer Javi Cela and VMG Designer Mathieur Verrier
Entries have been flooding in for the 2026 International Six Metre Open and Classic European Championships, which are scheduled to take place from July 15–24 on Switzerland’s Lake Geneva.
Organised by the Cercle de la Voile and hosted by the Société Nautique de Genève, the six-day European regatta will be preceded by three days of racing at the International Six Metre Swiss Championship from July 15–17.
With strong interest expressed from around the world by owners of International Six Metre yachts in both the open and classic divisions, this year’s European Championships are expected to attract a bumper entry of around 50 boats.
Already – and with around two months still to go to the July 5 entry deadline – 32 boats are registered for the event, with entries coming in from across Europe – one from Finland, two from France, four from Germany, two from Great Britain, three from Italy, one from the Netherlands, one from Spain, one from Sweden, and 10 from Switzerland – as well as one American-flagged entry, Basil Vasiliou’s Jane Ann from the New York Yacht Club.
The International Six Metre class dates back to 1907 and the introduction of the International Rule – also known as the Metre Rule – with the first recorded Six Metre race taking place in 1907 at Cercle de la Voile de Paris on the Seine.
Throughout its history, the class has been a hotbed for technical innovation, with the world’s leading yacht designers and sailors contributing to the development of the class. An Olympic class from 1908 to 1952, the Six Metres were also frequently used as development boats during the America’s Cup’s 12 Metre era. Today, the Six Metre class remains a vibrant, highly competitive international class with over 300 boats – modern and classic – actively racing.
This summer’s regatta on Lake Geneva will see two separate International Six Metre European titles awarded: the Open European Championship for those yachts constructed and/or certificated since January 1, 1966; and the Classic European Championship for those yachts constructed and/or certificated before that date.
Amongst the early entries is the reigning International Six Metre World Champion Momo, owned by Dieter Schön (SUI) from the Segelclub St. Moritz. Also entered is Duclop, skippered by renowned international match racing skipper Eric Monnin (SUI), who finished third in the 2025 World Championship, held at the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club in the United States.
High on the list of likely contenders for the Open European title will be the British entry Battlecry, skippered by Jeremy Thorp from the Royal Yacht Squadron – which took the silver medal at the 2024 Open European Championship in Sanxenxo, Spain – along with the Swiss entry Junior from the host club, skippered by Loïc Forestier (SUI), which finished third in 2024.
Among the likely favourites for the 2026 Classic European title will no doubt be Finnish entry Astrée III, which took the silver medal position at the 2024 European Championship, as well as Mauricio Sánchez-Bella Carswell’s Spanish entry Titia, which took bronze position in 2024.
The winner of the International Six Metre 2026 Open European Championship will receive the Coppa Giovanelli – a perpetual challenge trophy originally presented by the Yacht Club Italiano. Winners in the Six Metre 2026 Classic European Championship will receive the Royal Danish Yacht Club’s President Woodrow Wilson Trophy.
The August Ringvold Memorial Trophy will be presented to the highest placed Classic entry built to the First (1907-1919) or Second (1919-1933) International Rule.
The Merula Trophy – donated in 2015 by the East India Club Yacht Squadron – will be awarded to the highest placed Classic yacht built to the First (1907-1919) International Rule.
The Nelson Trophy – donated to the Class by Don Wood of the Royal Thames Yacht Club – will be awarded to the highest placed boat constructed and certificated between January 1, 1966 and September 6, 1979.
The Lucie Trophy – donated to the Class by Matt Brooks to honour the memory of Lucie Bedford Warren, a keen Six Metre competitor in the USA, Bermuda, Canada, and Europe – will be presented to the highest placed yacht that includes a woman helmsperson or crew.
The IYRS Astor Cup – loaned by the IYRS School of Technology and Trades of Newport, Rhode Island – will be awarded to the highest placed entry that includes a person under 25 years of age as a helm or crew.
The Robbe and Berking Trophy – originally instituted by Peter König in 2006 as the Baum and König Trophy, with the current trophy presented by Oliver Berking in 2020 – will be presented to the highest placed Classic yacht sailing with wooden spars and white working sails.
This Olin Stephens designed 6-metre racing sloop is for sale for the first time in 50 years. Built by Henry Nevins, Black Rose is a true classic. She boasts an impressive racing heritage with decades of winning performances.
Black Rose is Sparkman & Stephens Design #5, the first 6-metre designed by Olin Stephens. Many more successful designs were to follow, but Black Rose began over 60 years of 6-metre development.
This vessel is one of 37 “sixes” that Sparkman & Stephens constructed over the years, and she was launched the year the firm incorporated.
Very shortly after she was built, Olin Stephens, along with his brother Rod, was at the helm of this very boat in the International Six Metre Championship in Bermuda.
Black Rose has been maintained to high standards by a particularly knowledgeable owner over the years and is well-known, specifically on Lake Champlain.
International Six Meter racing yacht built to Rule 2. Designed by Johan Anker and built by Anker and Jensen in 1931.
She was built as the personal yacht of Johan Anker and in her he won the Scandinavian Gold Cup in Gothenburg in 1931. In 1932 she was sold to the great helmsman Magnus Konow who won the Gold Cup and the One Ton Cup. In 1933 she was sold to the UK and was converted for cruising around 1935and spent much of her time after this on the Hamble.
In 2003 she was purchased by a well known member of the meter boat community, rebuilt and raced successfully at various events around Europe.
Purchased by the current owner in 2019, she then went through a major refit involving serious structural repairs and improvements, a complete new rig and all new systems. Clare Lallows yard on the Isle of Wight, together with an experienced yacht surveyor, completed a structural refit including new planking, frames and rudder replacement.
The yacht is now offered in full racing trim, optimised to a very high level and fully equipped for racing in the Six Meter series.
Top professionals have been engaged at all stages of the design and build to ensure the hull, rig and systems are as good as they could possibly be. The rig was designed in conjunction with various people including Tim Dean Consultancy Ltd.
Now under UK flag, this Six Metre yacht is sailing under the sail number GBR32. Raced at the 2023 Worlds in Cowes and finished 11th overall.
Offered for sale individually, but could be boughtas part of a pair in conjunction with Silvervingen. The systems, rigs and racing set up are identical on each boat making for exciting sailing as part of a team.
Length on deck 36’8” Beam 6’1” Draft
Construction
Hull Planked in mahogany all copper rivet fastened to steam bent oak timbers.
Sawn timber floors across the centreline
Titanium ring frame and new mahogany mast step recently fitted to spread the loads of the rig evenly and stiffen the hull.
Deck Swept quarter sawn spruce deck screw fastened to douglas fir deck beams.
Mahogany king plank and covering boards.
Twin cockpits with mahogany coamings.
Rig The rig design was completed with the help of Tim Dean Consultancy Ltd to produce a high performance efficient rig.
The complete rig was delivered in 2022 and first sailed in September 2022.
Critical load data from the rig fed into the onboard system with various read out screens around the boat to give the crew real time information while racing. Data relayed via wifi to chase boat.
Spars Fractional Bermudan sloop rig. Alloy mast and boom by Allspars, 2022. Full spec of spars available on request.
Stainless steel rod standing rigging. All rigging 2022, forestay new 2023.
Winches 2 x Harken Performa 50 and 2 x Harken Performa 46 2 speed self tailing winches below decks for line controls, set on newly fitted plywood structures especially designed for supreme crew ergonomics.
Single Harken Performa 50 mainsheet winch set on a central pedestal.
Deck hardware All fittings and hardware designed, supplied and installed by Marine Rigging Servies Ltd of Gosport to race specification.
Sails All sails by One Sails or Europ’ Sails, made from a Glued Vantage1 membrane and a film outer surface:
Rig electronics Cyclops Marine Gateway unit to collate and distribute data from load cells.
Smartlink load cells for mainsheet, running backstays and forestay.
Equipment B&G H5000 CPU Hercules 4 x B&G Triton 2 digital display 2 x B&G H5000 Graphic display at the mast B&G wind sensor B&G rudder indicator B&G log Tracer 22ah Li-Po batteryfor systems
Whale gusher manual bilge pump Auto electric bilge pump 150 litres/min 12 volt battery for bilge pumps
3 x fender pads Mooring warps
Padded boom crutch All over mast up covers Summer deck covers fitted around the cockpits
Price £156,000
Location Stored in a climate controlled unit in the south of England
International 6 Metre Association 