Boat International US Edition - June 2018

new facility in Carrara for future Wally

projects, such as the Wally 145 – scheduled

for launch in 2019. This new shipyard is

dedicated to superyachts, while all the

racing projects will remain in Bergamo.

As forTango, her owner’s verdict is that

she’s “sleek, quick, beautiful looking – and

comfortable to cruise.” After extensive sea

trials, she was ready just a few days before

her debut in Monaco. She was in the

principality for only a couple of days, and

she left quickly for extra training with the

crew in preparation for her first oicial

regatta, Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, where

she joined up with 14 other Wallys,

including the three other Wallycentos,

Open Season, Magic Carpet^3 andGalateia.

In her regatta configuration,Tangohas

a crew of 24, and it seems that those extra

days spent training and tuning the yacht

were well used, since she won her first

race in Saint-Tropez.Tangois a thing of

beauty – but she’s also fast enough that

you’ll be lucky to catch a glimpse.B

WHEEL DEAL

Like all Wallycentos

Tangohas steering

wheels designed by

Konstantin Grcic

The first Wallycento was built by Green

Marine for Sir Charles Dunstone, with

naval architecture by Judel/Vrolijk and

interiors by Design Unlimited. Weight

distribution problems were solved when

the yacht was bought by her current

owner, who lengthened and lightened

the hull and increased the upwind sail

area and draft at STP Mallorca, making

her one of the fastest cruiser-racers

afloat. The owner says the Wallycento’s

best feature is the sail area to overall

weight ratio. “Open Seasonbenefited

significantly from lengthening the hull

as well,” he says, “a move that improved

aesthetics even further.”

Lightning fast, this is Sir Lindsay

Owen-Jones’s third Wally. He briefed

the designers to produce the fastest

cruiser-racer in the world, with no

limitations. Reichel/Pugh was selected

as naval architect, for its experience in

designing performance maxi-racers.

The result is a yacht that is explosively

fast on all points of sail and in all wind

conditions. “Reichel/Pugh built

Galateialater, which is our one with

some improvements,” says Sir Lindsay.

“But we’re improving as we go. Last

year they beat us for the championship

so this year we’ve done some tricky

things to get back at them.”

“We wanted a yacht as an answer to a

busy life: a simple place without

distractions, minimal furnishings, zen

temple to the sea and wind,” says

Galateia’s owner. They got their wish.

Another Reichel/Pugh boat, with Alexia

Leuschen interiors and built at Green

Marine, she’s a big leap forward. Hull

design, sailplan, appendages and

structural engineering were all

reassessed. The owner describes the

result as “very responsive steering;

sports-car-like acceleration,” but she’s

just as impressive standing still: “wide

transom, plumb bow and low freeboard

give an incredible ramp presence.”

2012

OPEN SEASON (EX-HAMILTON)

2015

GALATEIA

2013

MAGIC CARPET^3

A class of their own^

PHOTOGRAPHY: NICO MARTINEZ; GUILLAUME PLIS

SON; GILLES MARTIN-RAGET; TONI MENEGUZZO

Tango’s rival Wa l l y c e n t o s