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Vilano · Hull No. 1 · 2 names since 2024

Mow Money

FormerlyGeddy Up

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.

Her story, name by name

  1. 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

  2. 2024 – 2026
  3. 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

  4. 2026 – present

    Mow MoneyCurrent

    Reported · vilanoboatworks.com, U.S. Coast Guard

    Renamed from Geddy Up between the January 2025 and January 2026 Coast Guard files. Hailing port moved from Charleston, SC to Fort Lauderdale, FL. Official number and HIN unchanged.

MediaEach linked to where it was published

SistersOther Vilano 65 Convertibles, then 2024 builds

  1. Vilano 65 ConvertibleNo. 2 · 65 ConvertibleFor sale

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