Wally Tender

[kazste]

Wondering if anyone can help, I really fancy the looks of the wally power boats and have finally gotten to a stage where i can afford one but only the Wally Tender. Had a chat with local boatyard and they were not too favorable about them stating only real reason to have one is if you have their larger boats as well. Does anyone have any knowledge of these boats, locations of Tenders for sale would ideally like the 4.2 diesel engined version. Also am I right in thinking that if bought one today in the current climate I should be able to sell it in a couple of years for roughly the same price I'm buying for, this is not essential but is a big offset for the cost of buying in relation to final cost for me. Would also prefer the newer style cockpit if I'm being picky. Can easily look at most places in europe but for further away would have to send an agent. Any help greatly appreciated.

[fortyplusfour]

YHM

Also consider something like this

[DumpTruck]

St tropez or Cannes would be a good place to start looking! There are some builders in the Uk who could build you something similar! Think Patrick Banfield designs super yacht tenders .. Hes based in the South of france .I'm sure google will find him!
Cheers

[WonderBrumby]

I had the pleasure of running one between St Tropez and Porto Cervo a few years ago.
Twin 500 hp petrol volvo motors (502ci Chevs under the green paint though).

It absoulutely howled.
I believe we hit 70 odd knots on mirror smooth morning water.

It was a weeee bit more flexible and light for my liking but a thrilling ride anyway.

Interestingly you could quite comfortably roll a cigerette at full speed when behind the rather angular centre console; step two feet to the right or left and get blown aft and nearly over the non existant transom by the wind blast.

We burnt about 3000 Euro in a morning.

[village idiot]

have you thought about a Fjord instead... very similar in style, plus you can buy one from the dealer in the Hamble.

http://www.fjordboats.eu/english/fjord40o_exterior...

Alternatively, if you fancy something really exclusive, I have the only official Porsche motorboat listed on my books. It has a Fabio Buzzi hull and twin 380hp Mercruisers (should do a whisker under 70 knots). Your for only £195,000.

http://porschedesignboat.com/index.php?sid=1

Let me know if you are interested!

[kazste]

I'm thinking the Porsche boat may be a bit too much for me as never had a boat before. My idea for the Wally is that I would sell it in about two years either having enjoyed the experience and then buy something cheaper or just sell it if I have not had enough use out of it. Therefore needing something that is usuable for a complete beginner but will not lose me to much over the two years.

[ben]

kazste said:

I'm thinking the Porsche boat may be a bit too much for me as never had a boat before. My idea for the Wally is that I would sell it in about two years either having enjoyed the experience and then buy something cheaper or just sell it if I have not had enough use out of it. Therefore needing something that is usuable for a complete beginner but will not lose me to much over the two years.

A Wally is all about looks. Build quality is not too good apparently.
You should look for something less fancy, 2nd hand that has already lost most of it's value.

[Nevin]

ben said:

kazste said:

I'm thinking the Porsche boat may be a bit too much for me as never had a boat before. My idea for the Wally is that I would sell it in about two years either having enjoyed the experience and then buy something cheaper or just sell it if I have not had enough use out of it. Therefore needing something that is usuable for a complete beginner but will not lose me to much over the two years.

A Wally is all about looks. Build quality is not too good apparently.
You should look for something less fancy, 2nd hand that has already lost most of it's value.

My cousin does carbon fibre work for Wally out in Italy. Given his general work history and attitude to life, it wouldn't surprise me if the build quality wasn't that great.

[paul0843]

Nevin said:

ben said:

kazste said:

I'm thinking the Porsche boat may be a bit too much for me as never had a boat before. My idea for the Wally is that I would sell it in about two years either having enjoyed the experience and then buy something cheaper or just sell it if I have not had enough use out of it. Therefore needing something that is usuable for a complete beginner but will not lose me to much over the two years.

A Wally is all about looks. Build quality is not too good apparently.
You should look for something less fancy, 2nd hand that has already lost most of it's value.

My cousin does carbon fibre work for Wally out in Italy. Given his general work history and attitude to life, it wouldn't surprise me if the build quality wasn't that great.

had a close look at one at monaco show a couple of years ago... panel gaps
were terrible....

[kazste]

My whole thought behind the wally power is to buy something with as low a depreciation curve as possible. It would not be a boat that I would keep as looking around there are far better boats for the cash, but I am worried that if I buy one of these boats first if I decide I don't like boating I will lose too much money whereas have been told with the wally power I should get a very shallow depreciation curve. For this reason I do not want a new boat or anything too normal.
Might just buy the pink lp640 for the wife instead (only joking)

[MattYorke]

If you like Wally, that's fine, but to think they will depreciate any less than others is madness. In fact, their styling is very niche, limiting potential resale market.

What performance, size & layout are you after? ie cruiser, high performance, day boat, etc.

[kazste]

Renting seems quite a nice idea is there a place that would let me rent the same boat on a fairly short notice basis for single days then this would be the ideal solution to get me started. Sometimes the simplest ideas are the hardest ones to have yourself cheers.

[tem07]

kazste said:

Wondering if anyone can help, I really fancy the looks of the wally power boats and have finally gotten to a stage where i can afford one but only the Wally Tender. Had a chat with local boatyard and they were not too favorable about them stating only real reason to have one is if you have their larger boats as well. Does anyone have any knowledge of these boats, locations of Tenders for sale would ideally like the 4.2 diesel engined version. Also am I right in thinking that if bought one today in the current climate I should be able to sell it in a couple of years for roughly the same price I'm buying for, this is not essential but is a big offset for the cost of buying in relation to final cost for me. Would also prefer the newer style cockpit if I'm being picky. Can easily look at most places in europe but for further away would have to send an agent. Any help greatly appreciated.

Well their Main market is really in the Mediterranean.
And you won't be able to sell it in a couple of years for the same price you bought it for, no way!
But the thing is with Wally is that it's Italian, you have to properly look after it, be all year with the boat. Maintenance will cost you, I mean cost you big time!
At the moment don't get a wally... Just wait a bit, if there's some on the market have a look at the prices.
But I would either wait a bit and then get one if you have a lot of money to spend, or just get something similar - Riva etc.

[MattYorke]

Ooo, now you're talking. And a classic Riva won't devalue like the proverbial either!

[kazste]

had a look at riva's seem far out of my price range for the size i want. the boat will normally have 4-6 people on it but would need to be able to go up to around 10 at a push, riva's (2nd hand) look around the £1.5m mark for this size WAY out of my budget.