Aerial view of the Wallypower 118 over turquoise water, a long low grey hull with an angular dark-glass deckhouse and a teak foredeck
Wallypower 118 from the air: the faceted hull and the glass deckhouse.

Wallypower 118

HyperyachtStylistic, Technical

A faceted hull, a deckhouse of tinted glass on a carbon frame and three gas turbines: Wally's first motor yacht, built once and included in a museum of modern art exhibition the year after launch.

36 m
Length
60 kn
Top speed
16,800 hp
Turbine power
2003
Delivered

In short

The Wallypower 118 is a 36-metre motor yacht launched in August 2003, the first motor yacht from Luca Bassani's Wally, which until then had built sailing yachts (Boat International, Power & Motoryacht). Her faceted hull is a carbon fibre and GRP composite, and the deckhouse is triple-laminated tinted glass on a carbon frame; deck seating, tables and cleats are concealed and rise from the deck when needed (Motor Boat & Yachting). Three Vericor TF50 gas turbines of 5,600 hp each drive KaMeWa waterjets, and Power & Motoryacht recorded 54.4 knots on its test run, with around 60 knots expected (Power & Motoryacht). In 2004–05 the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art included her in its exhibition Glamour; only one was built, and her second owner renamed her Galeocerdo (SFMOMA, Motor Boat & Yachting, Boat International).

Videos

Two tours from YouTube.

Wallypower 118 - The Boat ShowTHE BOAT SHOWWatch on YouTube
118 Wally Power Tour 1080p HDKarsten GrønWatch on YouTube

Photos

The Wallypower 118 running fast, three-quarter view from the bow, spray off the angular hull and a coast on the horizon
At speed
Close view of the Wallypower 118's knife-edged bow throwing spray, the faceted deckhouse above
Bow and deckhouse at speed
Side profile of the Wallypower 118, a low wedge-shaped hull in front of red rock cliffs
Profile under red cliffs
Head-on view of the Wallypower 118 at speed, spray from both sides of the dark hull
Head-on at speed
The Wallypower 118 from above and astern at speed, white wake behind the open aft deck
Astern, at speed
Sunken seating area on the foredeck with two teak tables and grey cushions, the sea and a wooded coast ahead
Foredeck seating
Saloon under the glass deckhouse with white sofas, wooden floor steps and a sloping dark frame of windows
Saloon under the glass deckhouse
Dining area with a dark glass table and mesh chairs inside the angled glass deckhouse
Dining area
Helm console with screens and rows of switches under the glass roof
Helm station
Cabin with a double bed between wood-panelled walls and white cupboards
Cabin
The grey-green hull of the yacht, now named Galeocerdo, moving slowly past a stone breakwater in the port of Ancona
As Galeocerdo in the port of Ancona, Italy, 2018

Further reading

Independent coverage we found. We link to it rather than rewrite it.

Specifications

Length overall
36 m (118 ft)
Length at waterline
30.4 m
Beam
9 m
Draught
1.36 m 1.3 m at YachtBuyer
Gross tonnage
181
Displacement
95 tonnes
Hull
Deep-V planing hull with a knife-edged bow, 22° deadrise at the transom, with interceptors
Construction
Carbon fibre and GRP composite hull; superstructure of triple-laminated tinted glass on a carbon frame; teak deck
Main engines
Three Vericor (DDC) TF50 gas turbines, 5,600 hp each, about 16,800 hp in total 17,000 hp at Boat International (2015)
Auxiliary engines
Two 370 hp Cummins diesels for manoeuvring and slow cruising
Propulsion
Three KaMeWa waterjets, two steerable and one fixed; combined diesel or gas (CODOG) system
Top speed
About 60 kn 65 kn at Boat International, SuperYacht Times and in the Motor Boat & Yachting spec box
Speed on test
54.4 kn on the best run of the Power & Motoryacht test; a 57 kn average from Saint-Tropez to Porto Cervo (220 miles), according to Luca Bassani
Cruising speed
40 to 45 kn on the turbines
Range
1,500 nautical miles at 9 kn; 400 to 500 miles on the turbines at 40 to 60 kn 1,800 miles on the diesels at Boat International (2015); 380 nautical miles at 60 kn at YachtBuyer
Fuel capacity
22,000 litres
Concept
Luca Bassani, founder of Wally
Development
Four years; scale models tank-tested at SSPA in Gothenburg, Sweden, and tested in Ferrari's wind tunnel at Maranello, Italy three years at YachtBuyer
Builder
Built for Wally by Intermarine, Sarzana, Italy Rodriquez Yachts at Boat International
Naval architecture
Wally and Intermarine
Exterior design
Wally with Lazzarini Pickering
Interior design
Lazzarini Pickering
Launched
August 2003; official debut at the Monaco Yacht Show, September 2003
Delivered
2003 2002 at YachtBuyer
Built
One; conceived as a production model, she remains the only Wallypower 118
Names
Launched as WallyPower; renamed Galeocerdo by her second owner
Exhibited
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Glamour: Fashion, Industrial Design, Architecture, 9 October 2004 to 17 January 2005
On film
Michael Bay's film The Island (2005)
Class
RINA
Flag
Cayman Islands
Guests
6 in 3 cabins
Crew
6
On board
Tender garage in the bow under a triangular section of foredeck that lifts on hydraulic rams; sunken seating area forward of the deckhouse; deck seating, tables and cleats that rise from the deck
Owner
Private owner. Reported to have been built by Luca Bassani for himself and kept for eight years before he sold her to the owner who renamed her (Boat International, 2018)
For sale
Not listed for sale

Questions

How fast is the Wallypower 118?
Her three gas turbines give a top speed of around 60 knots, according to Wally; Boat International and SuperYacht Times list 65 knots (Motor Boat & Yachting, Boat International). On the Power & Motoryacht test in 2003 she reached 54.4 knots, and Luca Bassani said she averaged 57 knots over 220 miles from Saint-Tropez to Porto Cervo (Power & Motoryacht).
What engines does the Wallypower 118 have?
Three Vericor TF50 gas turbines of 5,600 hp each drive three KaMeWa waterjets, two of them steerable. Two 370 hp Cummins diesels move her in harbour and at low speed, a combined diesel or gas (CODOG) arrangement more usual on small warships (Power & Motoryacht, Motor Boat & Yachting).
Who designed the Wallypower 118?
She was conceived by Wally's founder Luca Bassani and took four years to develop (Boat International). Wally and Intermarine did the naval architecture, Lazzarini Pickering worked on the exterior with Wally and designed the interior, and Intermarine built her (Boat International, Power & Motoryacht).
What is the Wallypower 118 called now?
Galeocerdo. She was launched as WallyPower, and the owner who bought her from Luca Bassani gave her the new name (Boat International, YachtBuyer).
Was the Wallypower 118 in a movie?
Yes. She appears in Michael Bay's 2005 film The Island (Motor Boat & Yachting). A year earlier the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art had included her among the industrial design objects in its exhibition Glamour (SFMOMA).

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  4. Boat International, The top 10 fastest superyachts in the world (Holly Margerrison) 20 Aug 2024
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