wallywhy100

The smallest why, the same argument

Wally completed the wallywhy trilogy from the top down, and the 100 is where the concept meets the widest audience. At 21.46 metres with a 5.73 metre beam, it competes in the crowded 70 foot class, and it does so with the family's defining move, trading convention for usable volume and glass. Wally describes it as the logical extension of the next-gen wallywhy range, and the silhouette makes the kinship with the 150 and 200 unmistakable.

The world premiere came at the Cannes Yachting Festival in September 2024, three years after the wallywhy200 introduced the family at the same show. Where most yachts of this length stack their accommodation over two or three stepped levels, the 100 commits to a radically simple arrangement, one continuous living level, which changes how the boat feels underway and at anchor more than any single styling decision could.

One level from bow to stern

The main deck runs flush from the aft platform to the foredeck, with open areas flowing into each other instead of being parcelled out. The cockpit serves dining, the interior saloon and galley sit under the glass superstructure, and the foredeck carries a multi-use lounge with convertible seating, so the whole topside works as a single social landscape. Guests drift forward and aft without steps, thresholds or ceremony.

The glazing does the heavy lifting. The stealth-style superstructure wraps the living spaces in glass, keeping the sea present from every seat, and Wally's line that inside and outside are fully interchangeable is a fair description of the effect. On a 70 footer, where interior height and width are finite, borrowing the horizon is the one trick that genuinely enlarges the boat, and no rival in the segment commits to it this completely.

One glass-wrapped living level from bow to stern, 27 knots on tap and a beach deck that becomes a staircase into the sea.

Suites, smart glass and eighteen aboard

Below, the full-beam owner's suite uses electrically switchable privacy glass, so the ensuite can be open and light-filled one moment and private the next. A VIP cabin and a twin, both ensuite, complete the guest accommodation, and dedicated crew access keeps service flows separate from the owner's day, unusual discipline at this size. The yacht is certified for 18 people on board, so entertaining is built into the paperwork.

Aft, the beach deck stretches to 14 square metres with a hydraulic hi-lo platform that launches a tender of up to 3.6 metres and then becomes a staircase into the sea. Draft is just 1.7 metres, which puts the 100 inside sandbars and shallow bays that most 70 footers treat as off limits, and the fold-down bulwark wings widen the aft deck at anchor in the manner Wally made famous.

Twin IPS1350s and 27 knots

Performance leads the family. Twin Volvo Penta D13 IPS1350 pods push the 100 to 27 knots flat out and 24 knots at cruise, with a range of 340 nautical miles from 4,600 litres of fuel. Unladen displacement of 48 tonnes is modest for the volume aboard, a dividend of the group's composite construction, and the pods bring joystick manoeuvring and dynamic positioning to a boat that will often be run without professional crew.

The proportions that make the interior work also make the yacht easy to live with. The wide hull settles quickly at anchor, the low superstructure keeps windage manageable in a crosswind marina, and 1.7 metres of draft opens moorings closer to the beach. It is a specification tuned for the way owners actually use a 70 footer in the Mediterranean or Florida, fast hops, long anchorages and a crowd aboard on Sunday.

The entry point that carries the whole idea

Every yacht family has an entry model, and most feel like reduced versions of the idea. The 100 avoids that trap because the wallywhy concept scales naturally, volume, glass and a single social level matter more, not less, as length shrinks. Against conventional flybridge and coupe 70 footers, it offers a different day aboard entirely, and it carries the same design signature as the 200 that turns heads across any harbour.

For an owner, this is the wallywhy that fits real life, marina berths in the standard grid, an owner-operator's insurance profile and a crew of one or two. It is also the natural chase boat or first Wally for owners already inside the brand's sailing world. The concept proved itself at 200 gross tonnes, and the 100 packages it at the size where the most buyers can act on it.

Who it is for: The owner stepping into the 70 foot class who wants the wallywhy volume and glass in a package an owner-operator can run, with shallow draft, real speed and a beach deck that works every day at anchor.