Shipyard · New build & refit
Mengi Yay Yachts
Family-run Tuzla yard that started as a small wooden-boat workshop in 1964 and now builds steel, aluminium and composite motor yachts, mostly 35–48 m. Since 2018 it has sold its own Virtus line alongside custom work, and its first Virtus XP explorer, Gray Wolf, launched in 2026 as the yard's largest build. Runs a separate refit department.
Yachts built by Mengi-Yay →Key facts
- Parent
- Private (Mengi and Yay families)
- Country
- Turkey
- Founded
- 1964 (Ayvansaray, Istanbul; moved to Tuzla 1983)
- Status
- Active
- Size range (LOA, m)
- 19–52.6 on yard fleet list; Denison (May 2025) gives 35–52.6 for current range
- Largest delivered
- Gray Wolf (Virtus XP53 hull 1), 52.5–53.5 (SYT 52.6, BOAT 52.5, Megayacht News 53.5), 2026
- Yachts delivered
- 45 yachts listed on yard fleet page (mengiyay.com/fleet, viewed Sep 2026), excluding Gray Wolf; 7 projects under construction per Denison (May 2025), 6 per BOATPro (Apr 2026)
Notable yachts
- Gray Wolf · 52.6, 2026
- Serenissima II · 47.5, 2025
- La Vie · 48, 2022
- Aquarius · 45, 2016
- Gweilo · 42, wooden schooner, 2008 per yard history
Services
- custom new build
- own-brand Virtus series
- refit (interior, exterior joinery, painting, composite repair, electrical/automation, hydraulics
- engine work via certified subcontractors)
- in-house design/engineering
Haul-out
| Travel lift | not published |
|---|---|
| Shiplift | not published |
| Dry / floating dock | not published |
| Max LOA handled (m) | 130 (Yalova facility capacity per yard history page, undated) |
| Max tonnage handled | not published |
| Sheds / berths | Tuzla facility 19,000 m² (Denison, May 2025); Yalova facility with 6 sheds and 2 buildings, 19,365 m² (yard history page, undated) |
Sources
- mengiyay.com — https://www.mengiyay.com/history/
- mengiyay.com — https://www.mengiyay.com/fleet/
- superyachttimes.com — https://www.superyachttimes.com/yacht-news/first-mengi-yay-virtus-xp53-yacht-gray-wolf-launch
- boatinternational.com — https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/nb113-mengi-yay-virtus-xp-yacht-gray-wolf-launch
Compiled from published sources. Figures carry their own source and date where one exists.