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Guests
12
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Cabins
7
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Crew
9
| Length | GT | Built |
|---|---|---|
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54m
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497 GT | 2020 |
| Beam | Draft | Top Speed |
| 8.9m | 2.33m | 31 Kts |
€28,500,000
More DetailsThe 54m open yacht Velocity was delivered to her owners in 2020 by Italian shipyard Mangusta. Her interior design and exterior styling comes from the drawing boards of Alberto Mancini, while Mangusta is responsible for her naval architecture.
Key Features
- Large splash pool on foredeck
- Full-beam master suite
- 54m Mangusta GranSport motor yacht
- Beach club with three open sides
- Lean, muscular lines by Mancini
- 4,200nm range at 12 knots
Design & Construction
Designed around a fast displacement aluminium hull and superstructure she features a 8.9m beam and a 2.33m draft. The yacht is built over 2 decks with an internal volume of 497 GT (Gross Tonnes).
Construction started in early 2017 with the keel laid under the project name 'Project Portofino'. This was the second yacht built on the GranSport 54 design. Launched in July 2020 this yacht undertook sea trials over the following months. She was delivered to her owners in November 2020.
Exterior Design
Velocity is a 54m Mangusta GranSport motor yacht with exterior styling by Alberto Mancini and naval architecture by Pierluigi Ausonio. The profile is low, long and very clean, with the dark glazing stretched into a single band that emphasises the yacht’s length and keeps the superstructure visually light.
The Velocity yacht has the aggressive stance typical of the GranSport line, but the deck layout is more versatile than the profile first suggests. The bow is recessed to create a proper guest area rather than just a foredeck sunpad. A large hot tub sits forward, surrounded by deep seating, and the pool base doubles as a skylight for the owner’s bathroom below.
Below that foredeck sits the forward tender garage, which stores a 6.4m Castoldi tender and a pair of Jet Skis. Launch and recovery are handled by a gantry crane through a side-access hull door, which keeps the stern free for guest use.
Aft, the beach club on Velocity is a major part of the design. The transom folds down to form the main swim platform, and terraces on both sides open out to widen the space at water level. That creates a proper beach club footprint rather than a single stern platform, with direct access into an air-conditioned lounge inside.
The upper aft deck is arranged for outdoor dining and casual lounging, with a full bar, grill and sailcloth shade. Below, the cockpit provides a second outdoor social space with dining and lounge seating under more cover, linked directly to the main saloon through sliding glass doors.
Interior Design
The interior of Mangusta Velocity is warmer and more residential than the exterior might suggest. Instead of a stripped-back modern look, the current interior leans into comfort, with glossy teak finishes, soft furnishings and a layout built around relaxed social use.
The upper deck lounge is arranged as an informal evening room with deep reclining armchairs, sofa seating and a pop-up television. Large windows and skylights keep it bright, and the space opens straight onto the upper aft deck, so it works well as an extension of the outdoor living area.
The main saloon on Velocity mixes lounge and dining in one open room. A two-way television rises from the cabinetry and can act as a divider between the two zones, while manual sliding side doors allow natural airflow through the space. The dining area is centred around a 12-person table, with plenty of built-in storage nearby.
The galley sits just off the saloon and is set up as a practical working kitchen, with strong extraction, good worktop space, a full-height wine fridge and stacked refrigeration. There is no natural light, but it connects efficiently to the crew route, bridge access and technical spaces.
Elsewhere, the staircase and guest passageways benefit from generous headroom, glass balustrades and a level of finish that keeps the lower deck feeling open rather than enclosed.
Accommodation
Velocity accommodates up to 14 guests across seven cabins, depending on how the forward overflow cabins are used.
The owner’s suite sits on the main deck and is one of the standout spaces on board. The cabin includes a genuinely large walk-in wardrobe, a bureau, a full-beam bed and its own private fold-out balcony. The ensuite is arranged around a central steam and rainfall shower positioned beneath the skylight from the foredeck pool above, with separate his-and-hers WC compartments and basins to either side.
The main guest accommodation is on the lower deck, where there are two twin cabins with Pullman berths and two VIP double cabins. The twins can sleep up to three guests each, while the VIP cabins have larger ensuites with twin sinks, separate showers and full-height windows beside the shower area.
Forward of these are two additional overflow cabins, finished to the same standard as the main guest accommodation. They are not crew cabins in feel or finish and provide useful flexibility for staff, extra guests or children.
Crew accommodation for up to 9 is arranged separately and includes five bunk cabins and a dedicated captain’s cabin, with direct circulation to the galley and guest service routes.
Performance & Capabilities
Velocity is powered by four MTU diesel engines, each producing around 2,600hp, giving the yacht a total output of more than 10,000hp.
This four-engine arrangement gives the Mangusta Velocity yacht two distinct modes. At long-range speeds, the yacht can operate efficiently at around 12 knots, where the range extends to about 4,200 nautical miles. At higher speeds, all four engines can be brought online, allowing a top speed of around 29 to 30 knots and a cruising speed of about 20 knots with a shorter range of roughly 1,200 nautical miles.
The hull is a fast surface-piercing design, developed to stay in displacement mode while generating dynamic lift. That gives Velocity a different running attitude from a conventional planing yacht and supports both long-range cruising and high-speed operation from the same platform.
At lower speeds, the outer engines can be used on their own for manoeuvring, with the bow thruster adding extra control in tight spaces. The yacht has only one helm station, so the bridge setup includes strong system redundancy and wing stations on both sides for docking.
The engine room is built around this complexity but laid out sensibly, with an engineer’s control room ahead of the main engine space, twin generators and backup logic across core systems.
Velocity Yacht is For Sale
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