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Veya 53 to debut at Cannes
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The collaboration between Fountaine Pajot and Couach will follow the world premiere of its first model with an American debut.
Veya Yachts, a new player in the growing powercat sector, has confirmed that it’s on schedule to stage the world premiere of its first model, the Veya 53, at this year’s Cannes Yachting Festival (September 8-13). The model’s global debut will be followed by its US debut at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show (October 28-November 1).
Veya is a French collaboration between Fountaine Pajot, one of the world’s leading catamaran builders, and the Couach shipyard in the coastal town of Gujan-Mestras, where the first three hulls of the Veya 53 are in build and will soon be followed by hull four.
Drawn by the Berret Racoupeau Yacht Design studio in La Rochelle, the Veya 53 has an overall length of 54ft, a 51ft waterline and a beam of just over 26ft, plus a draft of just 3ft 7in. The twin-hulled yacht is available with two 440hp or 550hp Yanmar engines, with a 2,000-litre fuel capacity as standard plus an extra 800 litres as an option.
Aft features include a hydraulic swim bathing platform between two fixed transoms, while the cockpit is offered in two layouts. One includes inward-facing sofas on both sides of a C-shaped dinette – atop a storage locker for water toys – and two bar stools by the aft galley. The other includes loungers on either side, plus a folding table to starboard near an aft-facing sofa by the galley.
Veya 53 is offered with two cockpit options
On each side of the cockpit, several steps lead up to wide side decks that access a foredeck with a sunken lounge with an integrated sofa that faces forward to chaise longues in each corner.
On the port side of the cockpit, stairs lead up to the flybridge, which has a wet bar to port and a C-shaped dinette with folding table to starboard. Forward is a helm station to port and a L-shaped sofa to starboard.
The interior starts with a U-shaped galley to starboard, where an aft flip-up window enables connection with the cockpit. Forward is the lounge area, where a C-shaped sofa to port faces a two-person settee and the indoor helm.
The lower-deck layouts include a three-cabin version featuring a master suite that occupies the port hull and includes an outward-facing bed situated forward. The starboard hull has two guest cabins with window-facing beds and a crew cabin in the forepeak.
The four-cabin version features four en-suite guest cabins and two en-suite crew cabins, one in each forepeak. The choice of three or four cabins also dictates whether the port stairs are aft or forward of the saloon sofa.
