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Established with a focus on designing and building some of the world’s most innovative and performance-driven luxury sailing and motor yachts, Wally represents a very different Italian superyacht style. Wally was founded in 1994 by Italian businessman Luca Bassani, a lifelong sailor who entered the custom yacht-building field in 1991 with the design of a yacht for his family. Luca Bassani is known as a passionate yachtsman and a visionary entrepreneur.

Wally initially specialized in sailboat design, however, over the years the company extended its reach and began to also design state-of-the-art motor yachts. Wally is recognized worldwide for its innovative design and advanced carbon fiber construction techniques. In terms of specializations, Wally’s innovative designs undergo a stringent process from drawing board to CAD review, to detailed construction.

In 1994 Luca launched his 104.9-foot (32m) Luca Brenta-designed WALLYGATOR. Since then, the company’s line has ranged from the Nano 36-foot (11m) daysailer and racer, to sailing and motor yachts up to 197-feet (60m) in length.

As a company, Wally is based in Monaco. Since 2019, when the Ferretti Group announced an exclusive license agreement with the shipyard, all Wally yachts have been constructed at Ferretti Group yards, mostly at their facility in Ancona.

Wally have changed the entire concept of cruising yachts and built an iconic brand both in the yachting industry and in the luxury market.

History of Wally Yachts

In 1994 Wally was founded by Luca Bassani, as a shipyard that specializes in sail boat design. Over the past two decades, the company has been a pioneer in carbon fiber construction, having also introduced numerous production innovations to the process.

Wally combines the latest technology with contemporary design and its products go through an intensive and unique research and development program. Every Wally is the result of a combination of form and function, which means that every technical solution is developed with consideration for the overall aesthetic beauty. Every detail and every fitting is carefully analyzed and designed to contribute to the overall Wally appeal.

In 2004 and then in 2008, Wally became the only yachting brand to be a two-time winner of the Compasso d’oro, arguably the world’s most important award for quality and design.

In January 2019, at the Boot Düsseldorf Boat Show, the Ferretti Group announced that they had entered into an exclusive license agreement with Wally, representing a significant step towards the group’s full acquisition of the brand. The agreement also heralded the start of a four-year period of investment in Wally from the Ferretti Group, including an €84 million fund to be used for brand development and the design and construction of new yacht ranges.

Wally are constantly looking for ways to improve on-the-water enjoyment through performance, comfort, and style.

The Wally collection

The Wally collection ranges from the Nano 36-foot (11m) daysailer and racer, to sailing and motor yachts up to 197-feet (60m) in length.

Among Wally’s many world-renowned projects is the 118 WallyPower, a sleek and futuristic looking motor boat, which featured in the film ‘The Island’. The first 118 WallyPower was built in Italy and launched in August 2003, named GALEOCERDO. The futuristic lines, reminiscent of a stealth bomber, have won many awards and this unusual, dynamic-looking boat still generates huge discussion, turning heads wherever she goes. GALEOCERDO was also showcased in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art architecture and design exhibition in 2004/05 – the only yacht to be featured.

In 2012, Wally launched the 166-foot (50.5m) sailing superyacht BETTER PLACE. At the time, the worlds’ largest sloop built from carbon fiber composite, she was designed by Tripp Design with an interior by Wetzels Brown Partners. BETTER PLACE was Wally’s first diesel-electric sailing yacht and is powered via a standard shaft and feathering prop. With all three Caterpillar C7 gensets in operation, the yacht runs at 14.5 knots through a Siemens electric engine.

Today, Wally offers custom-built sailing yachts from 80-foot (24m), a power boat line which includes production boats ranging from 52 to 80 feet (15 to 24m), the Wallyace line of displacement semi-custom yachts, custom displacement motor yachts over 148 feet (45m), the Wally Class division of performance-orientated high-power racing yachts, and three models of Wally tender.

The Wally Class racing division also stages four regattas in the Mediterranean, featuring a successful formula where owners at the helm are assisted by the world’s greatest sailing talents from America’s Cup, Olympic, and VOR teams.

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Established with a focus on designing and building some of the world’s most innovative and performance-driven luxury sailing and power yachts, Wally has redefined Italian superyacht style. Based in Monaco, the company’s line ranges from the Nano 11-meter daysailer and racer to sailing and power yachts up to 60 meters long.

History Wally was founded in 1994 by Italian businessman Luca Bassani, a lifelong sailor who entered the custom yacht-building field in 1991 by designing a yacht for his family. Wally initially specialised in sailboat design, however, over the years the company extended its reach by designing state-of-the art power yachts. Wally is recognised worldwide for its innovative design and state-of-the-art carbon fibre construction techniques.

Notable Yachts Among its many world-renowned projects is the 118 WallyPower, a sleek and futuristic looking superyacht featured in the film The Island, starring Scarlett Johansson and Ewan McGregor. Another notable 118 WallyPower is Galeocerdo, built by Wally in Italy in 2003. Among its many awards, the 118 WallyPower has won the Millennium Yacht Design Award in the Layout of the Third Millennium” category. It also was the only yacht featured at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art architecture and design exhibition in 2004/05. 

In 2012, Wally launched the 50.50-metre sailing superyacht Better Place. The worlds’ largest sloop build from carbon fibre composite, she was designed by Tripp Design with an interior by Wetzels Brown Partners.

Specialisation Wally’s innovative designs undergo a stringent and thought-out process from drawing board to CAD review to detailed construction. Over the past two decades, the company been a pioneer in carbon fibre construction, having also introduced numerous innovations to the process. 

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wallywind110 project

"Sailing yachts that masterfully combine Wally’s high-tech build with sharp styling and a clean, elegant interior to produce bluewater cruisers that thrill on the racecourse."

Wally is synonymous with the finest, fastest sailing yachts built in the modern era. The wallywind110 project takes the brand’s renowned performance and styling and elevates it to the next level for a new generation of passionate sailors. Measuring 33.42m (109ft 8in) from sheer bow to open stern, the wallywind110 oozes power. The all-carbon hull has been painstakingly optimised by the pre-eminent racing naval architecture studio judel/vrolijk & co, with twin rudders and a choice of keel technologies. Carbon rig, flush decks and a low-profile coachroof only add to the impression of speed. And yet this is a hybrid yacht, in the sense that it makes a superlative bluewater cruiser as well. Easy to handle, manoeuvrable and safe with its high bulwarks, it makes quick work of ocean crossings. And once at anchor, those wide decks provide multiple entertaining and relaxing areas, from the aft deck and 80sqm guest cockpit to the foredeck lounge. Smart removable furniture can be quickly installed to host 15 people in high style. Accommodation is flexible and typically Wally. Light streams into the open-plan saloon through the dramatic overhead skylight, while the full-beam owner’s cabin can be set up with walk-in wardrobes, a private lounge and his ‘n hers bathroom. Then there are three further guest cabins and an office, plus room for 5 crew.

Quintessentially Wally magic.

Promoting open air living.

Technical Sheet

Preliminary data.

33.42 [m] 109 ft 8 in

7.6 [m] 24 ft 11 in

4.5 [m] 14 ft 9 in

Unladen displacement

69800 [kg] 153,883 [lbs]

4500 [l] 1,189 [US gal]

CUMMINS 355 hp; W100#1 425 hp

Draft lifting

4.50-6.80 m

Sail area up wind

603 [sqm] 6490 sqft 92 sqin

Sail area down wind

1296 [sqm] 13950 sqft 4 sqin

Construction type

Fast Cruising Sloop

Exterior Designer

Wally / Santa Maria Magnolfi

Interior Designer

Naval architecture.

judel/vrolijk & co

Classification

Main Deck Performance

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The incomparable style of Wally Nano MkII – a Hoek designed modern classic

• Toby Hodges
• March 25, 2017

The reinvigorated Wally Nano may now have the performance to match its killer looks. This MkII version marries Italian styling with Dutch workmanship to extraordinary effect.

Eight years ago Wally did what it does best and stunned the sailing world with the launch of its exuberant, incomparable ‘Nano’. The Andre Hoek designed masterpiece, the first of which was the bling, pastel-pink cover star of our January 2009 issue, pushed the limit in terms of size and price of what was conventionally deemed a daysailer.

Three Nanos were built in Turkey, however, for a variety of reasons, the project never took off. So What happened? Such flamboyance doesn’t simply disappear.

Well, the Wallynano is back with a bang. This MkII version is a collaboration between Wally’s Luca Bassani, designer Andre Hoek and the traditional Dutch yard Doomernik.

She remains painfully good-looking – Hoek is the master of the modern classic. A pilot cutter influenced plumb bow, lengthy sprit and low, squared coachroof set off her retro style, finished by that elegantly overhanging counter stern.

These classic lines now meet contemporary construction and renowned Dutch attention to detail. The MkII version is also around 300kg lighter than the original.

Price: €285,000 ex VAT LOA: 11.4m LWL: 9.0m Beam: 2.6m Draught: 1.8–2.6m

The Nano is designed to fit in a 40ft container so it can be shipped around the world. Its mast splits into two sections and the keel bolts can be accessed easily.

The first production boat is going to Japan, the second to Italy. And two more were sold in late November.

Wally Nano, Hoek designed 37 foot daysailer

We sailed her with her builder Joop Doomernik in Palma. He has clearly applied his Dragon-honed woodworking skills to her interior and told us he spent a year simplifying the Nano.

Doomernik has the original mould so the hull is the same, but the details are different – she has been lightened and cleaned up. Specialist composite workers from two different America’s Cup syndicates oversaw the structural part of the carbon fibre sandwich build.

“It’s now 2016 composite standards not 2008 Turkish standards,” said Doomernik. “Simpler and more efficient.”

The keel and bulb have been optimised for improved stability. The improvement in construction technique allowed 100kg of weight saving to be added to the bulb.

A 2.2m keel is advised for those who opt for the self-tacking jib, or a 2.6m draught version is available for extra righting moment.

The towering columns of Palma’s gothic cathedral overlook the lofty sailplan of the Nano

A big modification to this MkII version is the removal of the Magic Trim hydraulic cylinders – the push button sheeting system used on most Wallys. The benefit of taking these pistons out is the space it frees up and the weight it saves (130kg of hydraulic oil).

One look at the mainsheet purchase system now used, however, had me wondering whether Wally founder Luca Bassani would approve. One of the key design principles of Wallys is that they can be push-button sailed solo.

Also the self-tacking jib is now only an option and the test boat had a slightly overlapping genoa.

“We decided to give it a bit more performance by having a small overlap in the tracks and changing the design of the chainplates,” said Hoek Design’s Vittorio Papa. So it is evident the Nano is no longer the push-button machine she was.

Doomernik has also removed the diesel-powered saildrive and replaced it with electric propulsion as standard. The 6kW OceanVolt motor provides around seven hours autonomy.

The modern day throttle control. The only problem with silent propulsion is that you may not know if it is accidentally engaged!

The only way to charge the test boat is currently from shore power. As she is a daysailer, it is argued that only up to an hour’s motoring time is normally sufficient.

Silently departing dock with no emissions is a worthy benefit. An integrated smart system means the battery information can be streamed to a tablet or phone.

The interior shows a superb standard of finish, which all starts from high quality composite work. Most of the interior including the seating is structural.

The keel grid is built up of 33 layers of carbon and is engineered to be as low-profile as possible to keep the floorboards low. “The improvements are very much what you can’t see – in the core of the boat,” said Papa.

So this is surely the ultimate luxury gentleman’s daysailer? A premium-priced toy that is all about an intoxicating upwind ride? Or so I thought…

Gusty conditions with wind across the swell made for an uncomfortable motion during our test. There were no instruments fitted but I’d estimate the breeze was between 16 and 25 knots.

The Nano has a tall carbon mast and plentiful canvas (we didn’t reef), so there was an appreciable load on the tiller when heading upwind and we had to feather the main through the gusts.

The helming position is brilliant when sailing to weather, however, as I feared, the mainsheet purchase, which is led from boom to cockpit sole and has an extra fine trim purchase section, is inadequate when she’s powered up.

The yard is planning to add a mount to raise this off the sole to a better cleating angle, but I still wonder if a push-button system would suit this style of boat better.

But having said all that, the rudder never lost grip or felt like it was going to. It is mounted far forward, which, together with her long, narrow, traditional hull shape, means you can sail her on her ear without fear of broaching.

The ‘W’ for Wally still forms the centrepiece of the Nano’s wonderful pilot cutter inspired transom.

Having satisfied my curiosity over how lovely the Nano might be to sail to windward, we headed downwind and unleashed the kite. She turned from politely luxurious to positively potent, a carbon torpedo that provides a pulsating ride in a breeze.

She surfed handsomely on the 1.5m swells, with wonderful balance and full control on the helm. The lightweight carbon build certainly fulfils its purpose.

Vittorio Papa said that she’ll do around seven knots upwind and up to 15 knots reaching – we may have hit the late teens that evening.

Here is an admirably pure design to guarantee sailing enjoyment. If she didn’t already feature in your wishlist before, the Nano should do now.

SeaSmart padeyes on the cap rail for hanging fenders. Push the central button (below) and these detach to be placed in alternative positions.

The lines are all led aft underdeck from the mast base. The clutches are sunk into wells with drain holes and there are tail lockers.

The smart, minimalist teak interior is suitable for day sailing and weekending. There are four usable berths and a vacuum heads with holding tank.

Not short on canvas: The Nano has a generous sail plan especially with the asymmetric hoisted.

Wally founder Luca Bassani sails the original pink Nano in 200.