The Viper 130 is ISA Yachts at its most focused: a 38.72-metre planing superyacht built to run at 35 knots and still slip into shallow Caribbean anchorages on a 1.55-metre draught. Fulvio De Simoni drew a hull in composite with carbon fibre reinforcement, keeping weight down so a trio of MAN engines, twin waterjets and an MJP booster can deliver sportsboat pace at superyacht scale. The payoff is reach. She crosses a bay or an island chain in the time a displacement yacht takes to clear the headland. The aft cockpit is the signature space, a full beach club with a drop-down platform, expansive sun lounging, outdoor dining for eight, fold-out side balconies and a retractable galley bar that opens the deck to the sea. Below, five cabins accommodate ten guests, with three crew cabins for a team of six, and De Simoni’s interior carries the same clean, contemporary Italian styling as the exterior. The shallow draught is not a compromise but a design choice, letting owners anchor where deeper yachts cannot and tender straight to the beach. For a buyer who wants genuine speed, shoal-water freedom and the social deck of a much larger boat, the Viper 130 answers in a way few yachts her size can.
Length
38.72M
Beam
7.85M
Draft
1.55M
Day Guests
10
Sleeping
10
Cabin
5
Crew
6
Cruise Speed
30KT
Max Speed
35KT
Fuel
Engine
3 x MAN diesel + 2 waterjets + MJP booster
Naval
ISA Yachts
Exterior
Fulvio De Simoni
Interior
Fulvio De Simoni
New Starting From
€19,900,000
Thirty-five knots is the headline, and the engineering behind it is serious. Three MAN diesels feed twin waterjets with an MJP booster, a configuration chosen for thrust and shallow-water capability rather than outright efficiency. The carbon-reinforced composite hull and superstructure keep displacement down, which is what lets a yacht of this volume plane rather than push. Cruising sits around 30 knots with the optional package, still far beyond the 12 to 15 knots a steel yacht of similar length manages. The 1.55-metre draught is a performance feature in its own right, reducing wetted area and opening cruising grounds. She is tuned for owners who treat passage time as something to compress.
De Simoni gave the Viper 130 a low, taut profile that reads fast at rest. Long horizontal glazing and a raked bow emphasise length, while the clean superstructure avoids the stacked-deck look of many yachts her size. The signature is aft: a beach club with a drop-down transom platform, fold-out side balconies and a retractable galley bar that turns the stern into an open terrace over the water. Sun lounging and dining for eight sit within steps of the sea. Every exterior choice serves the brief of bringing guests close to the water rather than lifting them above it.
Five cabins accommodate ten guests, with the owner given a full-beam suite that trades on the yacht’s width and low-slung glazing for sea-level views. De Simoni carried the exterior’s contemporary Italian styling inside, using pale woods, soft neutral textiles and large windows to keep the volumes bright and calm. Three crew cabins house a team of six, enough to run the yacht at charter standard. The accommodation is arranged for a sport yacht rhythm, comfortable at rest but never so formal that it fights the boat’s active character.
The beach club is where the Viper 130 makes its case. Drop the transom and open the side balconies and the aft deck becomes a waterline terrace with a bar, loungers and dining, all within a step of swimming. Above, the main-deck saloon opens through full-height glass to the aft cockpit, and the sun deck adds a second social zone with clear views forward. The galley can serve both the formal dining area and the aft bar, so entertaining flows from sea level to sun deck without a break. These are social spaces designed around water access, not insulation from it.
Built by ISA Yachts in Ancona under the Palumbo Superyachts group, the Viper 130 benefits from a builder with its own refit and service yards across the Mediterranean. Asking prices sit around 19.9 million euros, with in-build hulls quoted near 20.5 million ex VAT for 2028 delivery, so she trades as a semi-custom sport platform with real owner input on layout and finish. The carbon-composite construction demands specialist aftercare, which the Palumbo network is set up to provide. For the buyer weighing her against a conventional forty-metre, the question is simple: speed and shoal-water reach, or volume at anchor. The Viper 130 answers firmly in favour of the first.
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