- Founded
- 1985
- Headquarters
- Via Marina di Levante 2, 55049 Viareggio (LU), Italy
- Shipyard location
- Viareggio, Pisa and Massa, Tuscany, Italy
- Official website
- https://www.mangustayachts.com/
Brand Overview
Overmarine Group's Tuscan superyacht brand, founded by the Balducci family in 1985 and known for its fast open yachts — today three lines from 32 to 60 metres: Maxi Open, GranSport fast-displacement and Oceano displacement yachts, built at Viareggio, Pisa and Massa.
YachtCodex Analysis
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What this builder is
Mangusta was founded in 1985 by the Balducci family; the founder, Giuseppe Balducci, also founded the Overmarine Group, and named the brand after the mongoose, the one animal that takes on the cobra, as a challenge to the leading open-yacht brand of the day. The yard traces its roots to the 1950s and says the family, now in its third generation, still leads it; it counts more than 300 yachts delivered, 110 of them over 100 feet, and nearly 200 direct employees. The Mangusta 80 of 1990 is described as the first 80-foot open yacht, and the 2007 Mangusta 165 as the largest open yacht in the world, reaching 44 knots on three MTU engines. Production is spread over about 210,000 square metres in Tuscany: Viareggio (headquarters and the Maxi Open line), Massa (composite moulding) and Pisa (steel and aluminium for the Oceano and GranSport lines, doubled to 44,000 square metres in 2024 and able to build yachts up to 70 metres). The current range is the Maxi Open 104 REV, 132E and 165 REV on waterjets; the GranSport 34, 45 and 54 fast-displacement yachts; and the Oceano 39, 44, 46, 50 and 60 displacement yachts, with GranSport 38 and 50 and Oceano 52 newly shown. Exteriors are mostly by Alberto Mancini and, on the REV models, Igor Lobanov, with custom interiors offered throughout.
Who sails them
Mangusta owners are superyacht buyers who want speed and an open-air, sporty profile — the Maxi Open's 34-35 knots on waterjets — or, increasingly, long-range steel and aluminium yachts with 4,000-plus-mile range, glazed decks and beach clubs, and who expect an Italian yard to customise layout and decor in its showroom.
Signature models
The Maxi Open is the line Mangusta built its name on, from the 1990 Mangusta 80 to today's 165 REV, whose design by Igor Lobanov won Boat International's exterior design award for motor yachts of 40 to 59.9 metres; the GranSport 54 El Leon, the first Mangusta to circumnavigate the globe, and the glass-walled Oceano 44 show the newer long-range direction.
Strengths
Mangusta is known for very fast large open yachts on waterjets, a family-run group with three Tuscan yards that build in composite, steel and aluminium, a forty-year history and more than 300 deliveries, long-range displacement and fast-displacement lines designed with Alberto Mancini, and a design and decor department that tailors interiors for each owner.
Considerations
Model pages print a full table, but most figures carry a '~' (approximate); displacement and draft are at half load (the open yachts give a maximum draft); the Oceano 39 prints two engine builds per row (M86 stored, M96L noted); the GranSport 45 and 54 give range at an economical 12 knots instead of cruising speed; no heads or CE category are printed; and the GranSport 38, GranSport 50 and Oceano 52 pages carry no figures yet, so they are not in the catalogue.
Analysis generated 10/18/2026
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Overmarine Group · since 1985
Fleet at a Glance
Calculated from the models in the YachtCodex catalog, not from the builder's claims.
- Models in catalog
- 11
- Length range
- 31.8–60 m
- Hull forms
- Motor Monohull 11
- Cabins
- 4–6
Models by this brand
11 models
Maxi Open3
GranSport3
History
Mangusta was founded in 1985 by Giuseppe Balducci, founder of the Overmarine Group, who chose the name -- the mongoose, which defeats the cobra -- as a challenge to the established rules of yachting; the yard traces its roots to the 1950s and says the family, now in its third generation, still runs it. The Mangusta 80 of 1990, designed by Stefano Righini, is described as the first 80-foot open yacht and stayed in production until 2018; the Mangusta 105 of 1995 was the first with waterjets and a turbine, followed by the 72, 108, 92 and 130, and in 2007 the first Mangusta 165, at over 50 metres the largest open yacht in the world, reached 44 knots on three MTU engines. A metal-working yard opened at Pisa in 2012 for the new Oceano and GranSport lines; the first Oceano, the 42-metre Namasté of 2016, began the collaboration with Alberto Mancini, and in 2018 the GranSport 54 El Leon became the first Mangusta to circumnavigate the globe, over three and a half years and more than 50,000 miles. The 104 REV of 2021 began the work with Igor Lobanov, followed by the 165 REV and the Oceano 50, 44 and 39. Giuseppe Balducci died in 2024, the year the Pisa yard was doubled to 44,000 square metres, and in 2025 the company marked forty years with more than 300 yachts delivered.
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