Wally Yachts

Esense, designed by William Henry Tripp III in 2006

Wally Yachts is a yachtbuilding company headquarted in Monaco with manufacturing facilities in Forli and Ancona, Italy[1][2]

Company history

Founded by wealthy Italian businessman Luca Bassani[3] in 1994, Wally started out primarily as a sail boat design firm and have more recently branched out into designing cutting edge motor yachts,[4] one of the most noteworthy to date of these power boats is the 118 WallyPower.[5] Wally's yachts range from the WallyNano 37ft day sailer to over 160ft in length.[6] The shipyard's largest project was the 166ft flybridge carbonfiber sloop Better Place for Idan Ofer. Other owners such as Gianni Agnelli, Isabella Seragnoli , Juan Carlos I of Spain, Marco Tronchetti Provera, Jean-Claude Decaux, Thomas Bscher and Lindsay Owen-Jones actively race their yachts in the Wally Class.

Wally is renowned[7] for being an early adopter of carbonfiber as a yachtbuiding material and for the sleek, minimalist interior and exterior design of its vessels.

In film

In 2005, the 118 WallyPower featured in the film The Island, starring Ewan McGregor. The yacht appeared as a distant memory in the mind of McGregor's character. A 2004 Top Gear UK TV episode also featured the 118 WallyPower.

See also

References

  1. ↑ yachtforums.com Wally Yachts Company History
  2. ↑ Nick Enoch (2013-08-10), Heaven and Hull, Daily Mail
  3. ↑ Luca Bassani Antivari (2015-01-21), Yacht designer Luca Bassani, Boat International Media
  4. ↑ wally.com Wally History
  5. ↑ diseno-art.com 118 WallyPower Article
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ gizmag.com

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