wallytender43X

• LOA 13.4 m, beam 4.3 m
• Up to three Mercury Verado V10 425 or Mercury Racing V8 500R outboards
• 45 knots max standard, 52 knots with 500R option
• Cruise 30 to 32 knots, range up to 280 nm
• Draft 1.25 m, unladen 10,000 kg
• Centre cockpit, fold-down aft wings, hydraulic passerelle
• Double-berth cabin below, 12 people on board
• World debut at Palm Beach International Boat Show 2022

The 43 goes outboard

The inboard wallytender43 arrived in 2020 as the smaller sister of the 48, compressing the walkaround formula into a size one person can genuinely run alone. Two years later, at the Palm Beach International Boat Show in 2022, Wally revealed the 43X, the outboard version drawn for the American market and for every owner who wants engine service to be a quick dockside routine in any harbour the summer visits.

The conversion is more distinctive than a routine repower. The 43X hangs up to three engines on a V-shaped transom, an arrangement that keeps the sterngear compact, protects the swim zones at the quarters and gives the boat an instantly recognisable wake-side signature. Standard power is the Mercury Verado V10 425, with the Mercury Racing V8 500R as the option for owners who want the boat to match its looks.

Real speed at trailerable scale

With the standard V10s the 43X runs 45 knots flat out and cruises at 30 for 280 nautical miles. The 500R option lifts that to 52 knots and a 32 knot cruise, extraordinary pace for a 13.4 metre boat with a proper cabin, and enough to make the 43X the right-sized chase boat for a fast mothership. Fuel capacity is 1,750 litres, and unladen weight is a stiff, manageable 10,000 kilograms.

The hull underneath is the same deep-V school as its bigger sisters, so the speed stays usable when the wind builds against the tide. Joystick control and autopilot are part of the package, which matters at this size because the 43X is exactly the boat an owner drives personally, and 1.25 metres of draft keeps the whole coastline available, beaches and shallow coves included.

Up to three outboards on a V-shaped transom, 52 knots optional, and the full Wally signature at 13.4 metres.

A centre cockpit that works both jobs

The deck is organised as a centre cockpit protected by the console and windscreen, with social seating that converts between passage-making and anchorage modes. Fold-down aft wings widen the stern platform at rest, and the hydraulic passerelle doubles as the swim ladder, the same detail thinking that distinguishes the 48X. Twelve people are certified aboard, generous for the length.

Below the foredeck sits a cabin with a double berth, a genuine refuge for a nap, a change of clothes or an unplanned night at anchor. It is the difference between a day boat and a small yacht, and it widens what an owner can say yes to. The finish follows big-Wally standards, because many 43Xs live in the shadow of a mothership that sets expectations.

Smallest hull, full signature

Nothing about the 43X reads entry-level. The vertical bow, the low freeboard line, the honest structural surfaces, all the visual grammar of the 45 metre boats survives compression intact, which is exactly the discipline most brands lose at their smallest size. Beside a dock full of white console boats, the 43X looks like an escaped piece of superyacht.

That coherence is commercially deliberate. The 43X is many owners' first Wally, the boat that starts the relationship the brand expects to scale through a wallypower and eventually a wallywhy or wallywind, and it is also the tender that lets a superyacht owner extend the fleet aesthetic downward. Either direction, the boat carries the full identity, not a diluted version of it.

The sensible extreme

In practical terms the 43X is the most usable boat Wally builds, small enough for tight berths, fast enough for any schedule, simple enough to run without crew and tough enough for the daily abuse a real tender absorbs. It rigs for watersports, carries the paddleboards and the provisions, and still turns every head in the harbour at the end of the day. The triple-outboard format keeps maintenance modular and familiar to any yard on either side of the Atlantic.

For the owner, it is the low-commitment, high-signal way into the marque, and for the superyacht program it is the chase boat that guests remember. Resale follows the brand's usual pattern, strong and quick, because supply is limited and the design does not date. The smallest Wally makes the same argument as the largest one, engineering first, and everyone can see it.

Pour qui: The owner who wants the most compact, most usable Wally, a crew-free 50 knot walkaround that serves as a first boat in the marque or the chase boat a serious mothership deserves.