BoatsVirgo Voyager

Virgo Voyager

Masthead Sloop · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1971

A versatile Roy Lunney-designed masthead sloop offered with fixed, bilge, or keel-centerboard configurations

Designed by Roy Lunney, built by Newbridge Boats.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin With Rudder On Skeg

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a beamy beam gives 19 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 19
CoastalBluewater

2.03 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.03
LightHeavy

252 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 252
EasygoingPowered-up

15.2 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 15.2
TenderStiff

50% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 50%

A balanced, easily-driven cruiser — comfortable and forgiving for coastal work.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
50.0%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
15.2
Displacement / length
252.5
Comfort ratio
19.5
Capsize screening
2.03
Hull speed
6.0 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
590
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1971
Units built
350
Designer
Roy Lunney
Builder
Newbridge Boats, N.B. Yachts Ltd

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Westerly Marine Construction Ltd. Nomad 226.78 mSame hull family0.2 m shorterA twin-keel masthead sloop designed by Denys Rayner as a refined evolution of the Westerly 22 for shoal-water cruising
Hurley 226.71 mSame hull family0.3 m shorterA long-running Ian Anderson design with a heavy ballast ratio, produced by multiple builders over three decades
Westerly Marine Ltd. Cirrus 226.71 mSame hull family0.3 m shorterA John Butler-designed fractional sloop with a fin keel and spade rudder, built for performance in a compact 22-foot hull
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