[tantetruus]

No pricing yet; appaers to be work in progress

[promoceanmodels]

@kevin

write an e-mail to Ulli and he can answer the questions. Maybe it's possible, to get the whole thing RTR.

[jonstinton]

I might be 24, but.. i want one, i want one!

Kevin, if you hear back with any more details, let us all know won't you.

[Kevin]

I didn't have time to write out an email last night, but I will today. I'll never be able to afford a 1:1 scale Wally, so that one might be as close as I'll ever get. LOL

[Kevin]

I was looking through the latest issue of Yacht Design this week, and found a brief article about Gloss Design featuring their 30m yacht, which to me looks kinda' like a "conservative" Wallypower.

Also in the same issue was an ad for Cyclonyx showing rendering for their yacht (a 140), which is very reminiscent, almost to the point of being a rip-off, of the Wallypower.

Interesting... there must be a demand for the design, despite what some people say. Imitation is the highest form of flattery.

[viking 58]

I didnt know that magazine was still around. I have about 5 copies I saved from 2001-2002 it just vanished from all the favorite book stores. Do you have any info on subscriptions or a website? This is the italian magazine with the big navy blue YD on the cover? they always had great sketches and yard news.

[Kevin]

Yes, that's the mag, and yeah, it's in Italian, mostly. The articles are actually bilingual (Italian/English). It's a really great publication I find... covers stuff that others don't.

As for subscription info... I'm not entirely sure. Outside the articles, everything is written only in Italian, which I can't read. So, the closest thing I can provide in terms of information is their email: yachtdesign@darp.it Hope that helps.

[AMG]

Suddenly, for me anyway, the first Wallypower 67 is launched!

A more affordable yacht than the Wally 118, eventhough built with just a master cabin this Lunch Boat is very Wally...

But if you would like three cabins, it can also be done. Read more here;
http://www.wally.com/jumpch.asp?idCh...0&attivo=2-4-1

[Kevin]

Awesome! I didn't realize it was that close to launch either.

[speeder]

in my opinion it looks terrible. The 118" was a really beautiful yacht but this one looks Why aren`t the electronical instruments hidden in the top?

[Kevin]

The cluttered roof is definitely a shortcoming. I checked out some other pics on the Wally site and I'm a little less impressed now. In profile, I find the greenhouse is somewhat out of proportion to the hull.

[Codger]

The fore deck overhang is something that I don't think I'd get used to looking at.
The function works but seeing it day after day ...... I'd be thinking that there had to be a better way.

[Kevin]

Yeah, side-on that overhang looks just plain bizarre.

I'm wondering though... has the boat been "officially" launched? There's no press-release on the Wally site, despite having a half-dozen at-speed photos of it. Also, no interior pics at all except a rendering. Also, was this first 67 built for an order, or did Luca Basanni just want another boat to show off his design quirkiness?

[catmando]

The Wally67 is truly a FUGLY boat.

[Garry Hartshorn]

Over the years I have been involved with a couple of yachts that were concidered by popular opinion to be special, but having been to sea on them I have to question the wisdom of those opinions. To me it is not only the exterior apperance from a distance that matters but also the feeling that one has while onboard. I guess it is in the eye of the beholder. I like Wally because they have departed from the norm and I wonder if the beak is to rectifiey an issue with their normal anchoring system, which I could see a few problems with ugly as it is. Bottom line is maybe not as attractive as some of their other boats but maybe a better boat...........................................?