Mangusta82m7 guests3 cabins
A WAI charter is strongest when the yacht choice is tied to the route. For larger private groups, celebrations, and corporate hosting, the useful question is how a flagship charter mood built around privacy, hosting, and status fits short coastal hops where swim stops, lunch timing, and a relaxed return matter more than distance and whether the route protects hosting time on deck.
Mangusta · Amalfi Coast · Amalfi · Capri · Positano · Sorrento
Overview
A WAI charter is strongest when the yacht choice is tied to the route. For larger private groups, celebrations, and corporate hosting, the useful question is how a flagship charter mood built around privacy, hosting, and status fits short coastal hops where swim stops, lunch timing, and a relaxed return matter more than distance and whether the route protects hosting time on deck.
Charter fit
WAI is best considered for larger private groups, celebrations, and corporate hosting, with a flagship charter mood built around privacy, hosting, and status. The useful planning angle is a private celebration or corporate hosting brief, not a generic yacht-listing comparison.
Shortlist logic
WAI should make the shortlist when the brief needs a private celebration or corporate hosting brief around Mediterranean and Capri. The decision should weigh 82' / 25m, 7 guests, 3 cabins, 1998 | 2010 (Refitted) against route timing and guest flow.
WAI suits larger private groups, celebrations, and corporate hosting when the brief is a private celebration or corporate hosting brief. The 7 guests profile gives enough structure to plan the guest list early. 3 cabins also makes overnight suitability easier to judge.
Mediterranean can work well for WAI, but the route needs discipline. The best plan keeps the day focused instead of trying to collect too many stops, especially when the route protects hosting time on deck.
Season matters because berth pressure, weather windows, and guest expectations change the charter. May to September, when Capri timing, tender access, and lunch reservations need clean planning. A useful shortlist should also explain why check whether the yacht is being shortlisted for its real fit or only for its headline specs.
a flagship charter mood built around privacy, hosting, and status. Water toys and tenders make the day more active when the anchorage is right. This is where a broker note is more useful than a raw specification list.
Do not compare WAI on price alone. The stronger comparison is whether another yacht makes Naples or Sorrento boarding with a focused Capri day easier, gives the group a better deck rhythm, or solves a port constraint more cleanly.
A good recommendation for WAI should include one reason to choose it and one condition to verify. That keeps the page useful for real charter planning instead of becoming another listing entry.
Technical profile
Charter price
WAI is positioned around €30,000 p/week + expenses Approx $35,500, before the final charter budget is shaped by APA, tax, fuel, berths, provisioning, delivery and the route requested.
Mangusta build, 82m class
The value is in the way the yacht supports guests: cabins, deck space, crew flow, toys, tenders, service rhythm and the ability to make the route feel effortless.
Fuel, provisioning, berths, delivery, local taxes and crew gratuity should be clarified before treating any weekly or day rate as the full charter budget.
Guest fit
Check layout
WAI can work for private groups when the day plan and guest count fit the onboard layout.
Strong
The yacht data includes toys or tenders, so the charter can be planned around swimming, water time and an active anchorage rhythm.
Selective
For event-style use, confirm legal guest capacity, deck flow and whether the yacht is intended for cruising or static hosting.
Inspect style
Interior mood, deck style and service tone should match the client. The right yacht is not only the largest available yacht, it is the yacht guests want to live in.
Charter fit scorecard
5/5
The 82m class gives the yacht its baseline for deck space, cabins and guest flow.
4.5/5
The available toy and tender data supports a more active charter plan.
4.5/5
Amenities and features give the yacht stronger onboard value beyond transport.
Visible
Rate context is available, but APA, tax, fuel, berths and delivery still need confirmation.
Comparison
Newer yachts in the same class may offer fresher interiors, newer beach clubs or updated wellness layouts. WAI should be compared on guest fit, refit status, deck flow, crew programme, toys, range, availability and the route you actually want to run.
The strongest shortlist is not the newest yacht by default. It is the yacht whose layout, service style and operating assumptions match the client, the port and the itinerary.
Profile
The 24.38m/80' open yacht 'Wai' by the Italian shipyard Mangusta offers flexible accommodation for up to 7 guests in 3 cabins and features interior styling by Italian designer Mangusta. Built in 1998, Wai is the perfect yacht for zipping between destinations, with an array of social and lounging options, as well as a convenient swim platform offering easy access into the sea, she is primed for fabulous outdoor adventures.
Built with a GRP hull and GRP superstructure, she has impressive speed and great efficiency thanks to her planing hull. Powered by twin MTU engines, she comfortably cruises at 32 knots, reaches a maximum speed of 35 knots. Her low draft of 1.58m/5'2" makes her primed for accessing shallow areas and cruising close to the shorelines. Book your next the Mediterranean luxury yacht charter aboard Wai this summer. She is also accepting bookings this winter on request. Open yacht Wai has an array of charter-focused amenities to ensure a memorable experience onboard whatever the destination.
Wai offers guest accommodation for up to 7 guests in 3 suites comprising a master suite, one VIP cabin and one twin cabin. She is also capable of carrying up to 3 crew onboard to ensure a relaxed luxury yacht charter experience.
Wai benefits from some excellent features to improve your charter, notably air conditioning to keep your comfortable throughout your charter.
Onboard
Commercial
€30,000 p/week + expenses Approx $35,500
Mediterranean · France
€30,000 p/week + expenses Approx $35,500
Cruising
Amalfi Coast · Amalfi · Capri · Positano · Sorrento
Planning notes
Availability
Share your dates, destination, guest count and preferred pace. A charter expert will confirm availability, rate context, APA assumptions and whether WAI fits the route.
FAQ
Yes, if the route is planned around short coastal hops where swim stops, lunch timing, and a relaxed return matter more than distance. The broker should confirm dates, boarding point, guest count, and cruising area before treating it as available.
WAI is strongest for larger private groups, celebrations, and corporate hosting. The final recommendation depends on how the cabins, crew setup, and Mediterranean and Capri timing fit the brief.
For WAI, share the date window, boarding point, day or overnight format, and how formal the onboard service should feel.
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