wallywind130

• LOA 40 m, beam 8.6 m
• Telescopic keel, draft from 4.4 m
• Displacement 138.5 tonnes
• Sail area 850 sqm upwind, 1,745 sqm downwind
• Cummins 530 hp auxiliary, 9,000 L fuel
• Naval architecture by judel/vrolijk & co
• Owner's suite with private salon, three ensuite guest cabins
• RINA class, 14 people on board

Forty metres, drawn the Wally way

At 40 metres overall with an 8.6 metre beam and a displacement of 138.5 tonnes, the wallywind130 sits at a size that sailing owners have long treated as a sweet spot, big enough for serious ocean work and generous guest accommodation, compact enough to remain a sailing yacht first and a floating villa second. Wally frames it as a high-tech build with sharp styling and a clean, elegant interior, which is a fair summary of the brand's whole method.

The engineering team is the same trusted axis as the rest of the range. judel/vrolijk & co handle the naval architecture, with exterior and interior design by Luca Bassani and Studio Santa Maria Magnolfi, and the yacht is classed by RINA. The rig is a high modulus carbon mast with a roller-furling boom, so the sail plan is managed by systems, in the Wally tradition of big performance handled by few hands.

Performance without penalty

Upwind the 130 sets 850 square metres of sail, and downwind that rises to 1,745 square metres, serious horsepower for a 40 metre cruiser. The telescopic keel is the key to using it. Draft sits at 4.4 metres for anchorages and marinas, then extends when the boat needs to stand up to its rig offshore or on a racecourse. Twin design priorities, bluewater cruising and regatta performance, run through every choice in the platform.

Under power the yacht relies on a 530 horsepower Cummins diesel with 9,000 litres of fuel, sized for passage-making between weather windows. But the real story is the handling concept. Furling boom, hydraulic systems and a clean deck mean the 130 can be sailed by its professional crew without drama, and an owner who likes to drive can take the wheel of a 138 tonne yacht with the confidence of someone sailing something far smaller.

A 40 metre carbon sloop that lives under glass, sails like a maxi and cruises like a home.

A glass house over a two-level home

Wally describes the interior as a two-level living concept, with the main saloon at deck level and the cabins below. The saloon sits inside a lightweight carbon deckhouse glazed on every side, with a full-length skylight overhead, so the social heart of the yacht lives in daylight with an unbroken view of the sea. It is the same architectural idea that made the wallywind110 feel so much larger than its length, scaled up with more volume to spend.

Below, the owner's suite comes with a private salon and dual bathrooms, and the layout can place it forward or aft depending on how the owner likes to live aboard. Three ensuite guest cabins complete the accommodation, with space for 14 people on board in total. It is a genuinely flexible plan for a yacht of this size, and the choice of owner-forward or owner-aft changes the character of the whole lower deck.

The proven platform beneath it

Like its larger sister, the 130 is currently a project with preliminary data, but it descends directly from a yacht that exists. The wallywind110 launched in 2024, debuted at the Monaco Yacht Show and validated the range's core ideas in carbon, the glazed deckhouse, the telescopic keel, the vast uncluttered guest cockpit and the judel/vrolijk hull form. The 130 stretches that recipe to 40 metres and adds interior volume where the 110 prioritised sport.

For a commissioning owner this matters more than any brochure claim. The moulds, methods and suppliers behind the range are in production at Ferretti Group's facilities, and the design team has already delivered the concept once. A 130 build is therefore a semi-custom exercise on a living platform, with real scope to tailor layout and finish, and far less technical risk than a clean-sheet 40 metre sailing yacht from any other yard.

The case for the middle boat

Choosing the 130 over the 110 buys a second level of living, more guest privacy and the presence of a 40 metre yacht at anchor. Choosing it over the 150 keeps the operation lighter, the crew smaller and the sailing more immediate. That middle position is exactly where many experienced sailing owners end up after a decade of ownership at either extreme, which is why Wally built the range around it.

The competitive context is the modern performance sloop market, where the 130 arrives with two advantages, a design signature nothing else carries and the group engineering of Ferretti behind the composite work. Add the Wally class racing scene in the Mediterranean and the yacht earns its keep twice, as a fast, self-sufficient bluewater home and as an entry ticket to the most stylish fleet in sailing.

Für wen: The experienced sailing owner who wants maxi performance and a two-level glass-house interior at a size a modest professional crew can run, with the option to place the owner's suite forward or aft.