Virga
Virga 55 / The chapters

Water, becoming light.
The Virga 55 at anchor at blue hour, the cockpit lit low and warm.

The yacht

One yacht,
one idea.

Built for
the clear hours.

The Virga 55 is a sport day yacht for warm water. Fast enough to reach the outer reef by mid-morning. Quiet enough to stay the night. Two cabins, one bathroom, a galley, and a cockpit that is most of the boat.

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The Virga 55 from the starboard bow on a dark studio floor.
The cockpit of the Virga 55 seen from above the stern: lounge to port, bar to starboard, the helm beyond.
The cockpit, from the top.

Most of the boat
is outside.

A U-shaped lounge to port, a bar island to starboard, a sun pad across the stern. The port side folds down into a terrace at the water. The platform lowers until it is a step below the surface.

The helm of the Virga 55: three glass displays, a wood-rimmed wheel and the morning sea beyond the screen.
Three screens and one wheel.

Under
the hand.

The helm is a single dark panel with three displays and a wood-rimmed wheel on a bronze hub. Both seats bolster. Everything the driver needs is within reach.

A woman steps down onto the lowered swim platform of the Virga 55.
The platform, lowered.

Two cabins,
one skylight.

The owner’s cabin faces the bow under a skylight the length of the bed. The guest cabin amidships takes two single berths or one double. Oak, linen, pale stone and bronze.

General arrangement drawing of the Virga 55: starboard profile above, deck plan below.
Profile and deck plan. Lengths in metres.
  1. Forward lounge
  2. Helm
  3. Cockpit lounge
  4. Sun pad
  5. Swim platform
  6. Owner’s cabin
  7. Guest cabin
  8. Bathroom
  9. Galley
  10. Engine room

Maren.

Maren builds a small number of yachts a year in Queensland, Australia. Each one is drawn, engineered and finished in one place, by the same people.