“We did a lot of 3D modeling as well,” says Wylie, “which allowed us to get a good view of the boat and how it all goes together.” This made for a clean and easy installation. To design and engineer the hydraulic system, they did a mockup of the engine room to make it workable and serviceable, and then ran all the piping in the bilge in the early stages of construction so when the structure was built all the penetrations were already in the structure. The big challenge in the boat is the hydraulic systems because hydraulic pumps drive everything: the propulsion, the keel lift, the cylinders, and the winches.” You could take it all out just as easily. ![]() Basically the interior was assembled in another factory in a mock-up, taken apart, and put in. “The bulkheads provide all the structure, and the interior is just modules that pop right into the boat. ![]() “The interior furniture, made as light as possible, has no play on the structural side of the boat,” says Wylie. The hull is a pre-preg carbon/Nomex composite. Wylie says they worked in conjunction with the Reichel/Pugh office to be more aggressive with perfecting the hull lamination in order to make it more advanced all around. Onboard Magic Carpet 3, Owen-Jones, a longtime racing owner, preferred a minimal interior, which consists of an owner’s cabin, two guest cabins, a crew cabin-each cabin has its own head-a salon, and a galley. Using lighter materials and better sail control systems, however, has allowed the boats to be livelier than earlier Wally builds. The Wally Centos, of which two have been built and a third is underway, are built to the Wally Class rules, which have a 50-ton maximum weight and the same interior requirements with regard to the accommodations. “It’s a pretty powered up package that, in 15 knots, actually feels like a proper grand-prix raceboat.” “The Wally Cento was created to give the owners a Wally with more performance and more excitement with square-top mainsails, bowsprits, and big-size gennakers … a bit more bang for their dollar,” says Wylie, who oversaw the boat’s two-year build. At this summer’s Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup it even took a few light-air races, which pleased its project manager, Bob Wylie, a veteran of the grand-prix game. Only two weeks after its May 2013 launch, Magic Carpet 3‘s owner, Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones, of England, entered it into the Gaastra PalmaVela Regatta in Mallorca, Spain, and swept class line honors, finishing between five and 20 minutes ahead of its closest competitor. It’s good looking, and it isn’t slow, either. The newest Wally Cento 100 is Magic Carpet 3, a Reichel/Pugh design with a combination of high life and high performance. The stakeholders at Wally Yachts have since reintroduced the brand with what’s called the Wally Cento box rule, which encourages lighter designs while retaining the distinctive Wally look and interior requirements. As eye catching as they were (and still are), when the Wallys of old came out to play among the handicap grand-prix set, they usually struggled. ![]() Beneath those decks were lairs of modern luxury, but when it comes to racing, luxury doesn’t usually equate to lightweight. Ingrid AberyĪ decade ago it was impossible to mistake a Wally design, those queens of the superyacht scene with their expansive and barren teak decks, low-profile deckhouses, cockpit couches, and beamy, aggressive hull lines-aggressive at least for the traditionalists of the Mediterranean yachting set. Wally Cento Magic Carpet 3 The newest Wally Cento is Magic Carpet 3, a Reichel/Pugh design with an overall length of 100′, maximum beam of 23’7″, draft of 16’5″, and displacement of 110,231 lb.
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