Maren Yachts, Queensland, AU
Virga 55 / The chapters

Water, becoming light.
The Virga 55 at thirty knots across open water at first light, an island on the horizon.

Virga

Water, becoming light.

Discover the 55 Watch the film 0:52

01 The yacht

Fifty-five feet,
drawn for the clear hours.

Seventeen metres. Forty knots.

A sport day yacht of seventeen metres. Two cabins, twelve guests, forty knots. Drawn to be looked at from the water, and to look out from.

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The Virga 55 in profile at speed, the bronze strake catching the light.
The Virga 55 at thirty knots.Profile / 01

02 Design

A line that holds.

One sheer line runs the length of the hull and lifts at the bow. Everything above it stays low: the screen, the carbon top, the pearl deck. The grey of the hull is the grey of the sea before rain.

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The sheer line of the Virga 55 from water level, the bronze strake running aft.
The sheer, from the water.

03 Performance

Forty knots, quietly.

Twin 725 horsepower diesels on pod drives. A sharp-entry hull with nineteen degrees of deadrise at the transom. Three hundred nautical miles at twenty-four knots.

40
knots
Top speed (74 km/h)
1,450
hp
Power (1,066 kW)
16.95
m
Length overall (55 ft 7 in)
300
nm
Range at 24 knots (556 km)

View specifications

The Virga 55 at anchor off a reef, the two aboard, seen from the headland.

Film

Virga, the film. 0:52

04 Voyages

The day is
the destination.

Leave at first light. Anchor over sand by nine. Swim, eat, sleep in the shade of the top, and come home with the sun behind you.

Explore voyages

The Virga 55 at anchor over pale sand, seen from directly above.
Over sand, mid-morning.

05 Enquire

Begin with
a conversation.

Tell us how you spend
a day on the water.

Enquire about the Virga 55The maker