About this tender
The Anvera 55 is the build we ask the Misano Adriatico yard for when an owner's brief calls for a serious carbon-RIB platform that doubles as an open dayboat, without the weight and fuel burn that a comparable composite hull would carry. Anvera builds the entire boat in carbon fibre - hull, helm area, hard top - out of two facilities in Misano: one produces the carbon, the other handles assembly and finishing. The result is a 16.8m maxi-RIB with an unladen displacement of 11 tonnes, which is exceptional for the segment.
Light weight is what unlocks the performance argument. The Anvera 55 hits beyond 46 knots on a total 1,300 horsepower, where a similar-length composite boat would need closer to 1,800. That feeds directly into fuel burn at cruise and the operating envelope of the boat. Add foldable bulwarks that open the stern into a 20-square-metre beach platform, two cabins below decks, and a dinner table that seats ten, and the 55 reads as more crossover sport-cruiser than pure RIB. We see it specified as a fast crew or owner platform on yachts above sixty metres, or as a standalone.
Highlights
The four details we'd point out first to a captain who hasn't seen one on the water yet.
Hull, deck, helm area and hard top are built entirely from carbon fibre, with foam-filled floats. Anvera produces the carbon in-house at one Misano Adriatico facility and assembles at another, which gives the yard control over the layup quality. Unladen displacement comes in at around 11 tonnes for a 16.8m maxi-RIB, which is roughly half what a comparable composite hull would weigh.
The carbon weight saving translates directly into performance. The 55 is quoted at over 46 knots on a total 1,300 horsepower, where a similar-length composite hull would need closer to 1,800. That is meaningful at the dock when the captain reads the fuel burn at cruise, and meaningful in the design office when the engine room and tankage are sized.
The bulwarks fold down to convert the stern into a 20-plus square-metre beach area, with the swim platform and the deck working as a single space. Combined with a large bow sun pad and a dinner table that seats ten, the 55 carries the social geometry of a much larger yacht in a 16.8m envelope.
Below decks the 55 has a double bed in the bow and a second cabin under the cockpit, plus a head. That makes the boat workable for occasional overnighting on a primarily-dayboat brief, without compromising the open-deck volume. We have specified the layout as a fast owner-use dayboat on a yacht in the eighty-metre bracket and as a standalone for an owner who wanted a smaller programme.
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The full specification
Specifications, prices, availability, and performance figures are supplied for guidance only and remain subject to confirmation by the yard, seller, broker, survey, contract, and final specification.
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Anvera · Misano Adriatico, Italy
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