Photograph · Vilano Boatworks
The first Vilano, a convertible on 2,400 hp C32Bs drawn by Erwin Gerards for a family who already ran a custom sportfisherman, a Merritt express and a Front Runner center console. Announced in December 2020 for a May 2022 launch, listed with a 2024 model year, and sold through Nicklaus Yachts out of Charleston. The yard's site shows her as Now Mow Money; she is documented as Mow Money. The brokerage listing calls her cold-molded, triple planked and glassed; InTheBite's 2020 preview said jig-built composite.
Build sheetVilano · Hull No. 1 · 2024
- Designer
- Erwin Gerards
- Original power
- Twin Caterpillar C32B, 2,400 hp each
- Construction
- Cold-molded
Her story, name by name
- December 2020
Build
Announced by the yard in December 2020 with a May 2022 target. 65 ft 6 in overall, 19 ft beam, 5 ft 5 in draft with shallow prop pockets, 90,000 lb full load, 2,100 gallons of fuel; 40-knot cruise and near 50 top projected.
Reported · inthebite.com
- 2024 – 2026
Geddy Up
Confirmed · vilanoboatworks.com, yachtr.com, U.S. Coast Guard
- 2024
Delivery
Splashed with a 2024 model year as Geddy Up, hull 1 of the 65 Convertible, on twin Caterpillar C32B at 2,400 hp each.
Reported · yachtr.com, vilanoboatworks.com
- 2025
Sale
Sold through Charlie Nicklaus of Nicklaus Yachts from Charleston, South Carolina, asking $6,500,000; renamed Now Mow Money per the yard's site. The sale year is inferred from the listing's status and is unverified.
Unverified · yachtr.com, vilanoboatworks.com
- 2026 – present
Mow MoneyCurrent
Reported · vilanoboatworks.com, U.S. Coast Guard
Documented as Mow Money, hailing from Fort Lauderdale, FL, by January 2026; the Coast Guard file carried her as Geddy Up of Charleston, SC in January 2025. Same official number and HIN.
MediaPhotography, film, print
On file, shown only with permission: Vilano Boatworks, 19 photographs
SistersOther Vilano 65 Convertibles, then 2024 builds
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