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A look on board Benetti's first 37M B.Yond

Benetti went beyond its comfort zone for its new steel-hulled series. As she makes her American debut at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show , Stewart Campbell learns why it’s yet another success for the prolific builder

Just because you own the company doesn’t mean you always get your way. When Paolo Vitelli, founder and CEO of the Azimut-Benetti Group, first pitched the idea for a four-deck, steel-hulled, 37-metre, semi-custom yacht to his board of directors, it wasn’t met with wild enthusiasm. The sales team, meanwhile, asked the quite reasonable question: “Are you crazy?” Smaller, steel-hulled boats were not their market. 

No one who makes their living from semi-custom superyacht production can afford a dud. The upfront investment is considerable, so if only a few hulls from the series sell, costs aren’t recouped and the recriminations begin. In short, it takes guts. But Vitelli was convinced he was on to something, leaning hard on his vast experience, from founding Azimut as a twenty-something in 1969 to buying Benetti in 1985 and building a business that tops our Global Order Book of superyacht producers. 

“Everyone was building bigger boats in fibreglass, so the idea to build a smaller boat in steel was not easy to accept,” says Vitelli from an office overlooking his expansive Livorno shipyard. The concept led to some “internal discussions”, he adds suggestively. To swing everyone around to his way of thinking took some time – and personal investment: Vitelli would build the first hull in the series for himself.

The project was eventually given the green light in October 2019 and steel was cut for what would become the first B.Yond 37M , later christened Goga . Before it was even delivered in July this year, Benetti had sold a further eight B.Yond 37Ms, and had buyers on the line for hulls 10 and 11. They say there’s a fine line between genius and crazy. 

As we tour the boat, Vitelli’s emotions are close to the surface. His pride in the project is evident, but this was also the last full project he worked on with long-time collaborator Stefano Righini . The designer died in 2021, and taking pride of place in the main saloon is a portrait of the man who defined the look of Azimuts and Benettis for a generation. Even when he was slipping away in 2021, Righini would make revisions to the B.Yond series from his hospital bed. “We were friends for 35 years,” sighs Vitelli. 

When the pair started dreaming up the first B.Yond yacht, there were several stipulations. First, it couldn’t be longer than 40 metres, so the boat could go alongside or stern-to in the little Mediterranean harbours that Vitelli so loves. “In Greece, in Turkey, in the south of Italy or Sardinia, there’s so many village harbours that big boats can’t access. If you go above 40 metres, you have to go to a properly organised marina.”

What the B.Yond 37M lacks in length, it makes up for in width. It stretches 8.6 metres across the beam, making it almost a metre wider than Benetti’s 37 metre Motopanfilo model, and equitable with a number of competitors’ 44- and 45-metre boats. “The boat is wider than normal,” says Vitelli, “and this gives it a natural stability.” Making it steel was the second demand. Vitelli wanted something with permanence, “that can last for decades”.

“We knew it had to be different from the competition and be a little bit unique,” he says. “We thought that if you put a lot of money in your boat you want it to have a long life and you want it to be easily repairable and to have the feeling of being very solid. We made an analysis and we discovered that a lot of European clients, a lot of Russians and a lot of clients from Canada like steel.”

Another prerequisite was electric propulsion. The setup on Goga was engineered in partnership with Siemens and offers four cruising “E-Modes”, from silent running on batteries alone, to single-engine propulsion, to an “Extended Range Mode”, where the main engines are powering electric motors, which are turning the shafts and covering the hotel load of the boat. It is a truly dynamic system that is single-button operated from the bridge.

It’s not just fuel savings (Benetti claims fuel and CO2 reductions of 24 per cent) – the system should also extend the life of all heavy machinery on board. NOx emissions, meanwhile, are knocked right down by a selective catalytic reduction system. It all adds up to the “greenest boat in its class”, says Vitelli. It’s not a compulsory setup on future B.Yonds, but it’s a sensible one. With the 100kW battery bank in his boat, Vitelli can get six hours of air-con and kettles with the generators off but recommends a heavier 200kW or even 400kW installation to give you even longer periods of silence while at anchor.

The last big decision concerned decks – Vitelli wanted four, and he got four. Sometimes when you’re walking through the bowels of a massive yacht, you might climb a staircase from the engineering level and have to reorient yourself. This is the first time I’ve had that sensation walking through a 37-metre boat; she packs a lot into her length, including something which shouldn’t really be possible on this platform: a tender garage on the main deck.

She can carry a 6.5-metre tender and, with a bit of hot work to adjust a bulkhead, a seven-metre tender, ideally, according to Vitelli, the new EvoJet 70 from Williams, which is more associated with 50- or 60-metre yachts. On the garage’s other side can sit a four-metre crew tender, or jet skis, Seabobs, paddleboards, gym equipment or any of the other paraphernalia necessary on modern yachts, barring a submarine. The consequence of this enhanced tender garage is a minimised beach club, but this doesn’t bother Vitelli.

“I have a house on the French coast and I see all these 60-metre boats with beach clubs, which are always totally abandoned, dark and not enjoyed spaces.” What you get on the B.Yond is a more practical interface between sea and boat, offering a shower, sauna, storage and a small laundry for swimsuits and towels, but no DJ booth, bar or lounge. If you want to sit at this level, crew can move some of the loose Giorgetti furniture onto the fold-down transom door.

The rest of the GA makes a fascinating study, because it doesn’t make any conventional sense, which clearly delights the Benetti boss. Let’s start with the main deck, which has the feel of a family apartment. There are four double cabins and what Vitelli calls the “playroom”. It’s a full-beam space with a TV and lounge seating, but it’s not the central hangout; it’s more a kids’ lounge, where you can imagine younger generations doing homework at the window seating or watching Netflix.

A central stairway winds to the upper deck, where you find the interior and exterior dining areas and the main saloon. It’s a huge, open-plan space that leads onto a foredeck area with a pool and more seating. Up one more level is the owner’s cabin, with its own private terrace and up again is a large sundeck. It’s a truly multigenerational design but with good interaction between the decks thanks to the open stairway leading through the spine of the yacht.

There are two further double cabins on the lower deck, bringing the total number of guest cabins on this 37-metre boat to seven. Seven! “You don’t even see this in 50-metre boats,” says Vitelli. One of the lower cabins is designated a second “captain’s cabin”, so the skipper is truly spoiled for choice. “Half the world wants the captain up [by the bridge], half the world wants the captain down. What do we do? We put the captain in both places!” he adds. The other lower cabin, meanwhile, can be converted to a gym.

The layout options available to buyers are heady – you can almost have it all. Personally, I would keep the owner’s cabin on the main deck where you can use more of the beam. This would leave the bridge deck free for another lounge and means you get external access to the sundeck. The only way up to the sundeck perch is via the internal crew stairs, which feel tight. But what do I know? Most owners have opted for the bridge-deck-master arrangement.

The yacht's interior was designed in-house by Mauro Izzo. His pared-back styling allows owners to bring spaces to life with furniture and objets d’art. “The idea of the decor is to have a very simple box,” confirms Costanza Gnemmi, the yacht’s project manager. “Simple but not basic. You are then left to play with loose furniture from a really high level brand to make the boat rich.” It’s smart, since overly engineered interiors slow everything down, and Benetti has got a very big order book to deliver. Pieces from Giorgetti abound, creating a very low key and relaxed environment. Put your feet up and soak in those views provided by the massive windows. This is a very bright boat.

For all its volume and features, the horizontal lines of the B.Yond stretch it visually and mean it doesn’t look like an intimidating, towering mass. That Righini touch. The designer blessed Benetti with a little more of his insight on the next B.Yond in the range, a 48-metre. “The concept was given by him in the final days of his life,” says Vitelli.

And why the 48-metre? I ask. “My soul looks forward and I dream about the next boat,” he says. I suspect he won’t meet as much resistance from the board this time around.

The B.Yond's E-modes

The power system installed comes from a collaboration between Siemens and Benetti, and is designed to achieve maximum efficiency at all speeds. A pair of Siemens ELFA motors are coupled to the main engines and connected to a power management system (PMS), into which also feeds the generators and lithium-ion battery bank. The PMS then feeds into the main switchboard. The system allows for four E-Modes, outlined below. Standard, straightforward diesel operation is also available, which gives a maximum speed of 14 knots.

Enhanced comfort mode

The main engines are off, and the diesel gensets supply energy to the electric motors. The battery bank handles any peak loads in the hotel, propulsion or stabilisation systems. This is quiet running, offering minimal noise and vibration, and ideally suited for night passages or manoeuvring. Cruising speed in this mode is seven knots.

Extended range mode

The gensets are off and the diesel engines are powering the electric motors, giving a cruising speed of 12 knots. The electric motors run the navigation and hotel loads, with peaks taken care of by the battery bank. The advantages of this mode are the fuel savings and reduction of running hours on the gensets. The mode is best for long passages.

Eco transfer mode

One diesel engine is running, powering both electric motors. The B.Yond 37M is capable of nine knots in this arrangement, which is best for repositioning. The main advantage is low wear and tear on the main engines (since they can work alternately) and gensets.

Again, batteries can handle loading peaks.

Eco cruise mode

This is running on batteries alone, with zero emissions. The lithium-ion battery bank supplies energy to the electric motors and runs the hotel load. In this mode, she can run for five knots for 30 minutes, but larger battery installations will increase battery-only range.

Goga is now under new ownership and has been renamed Never Say Never Again

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Bayesian captain ‘investigated for manslaughter’ as probe into sinking of superyacht off Sicily continues

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The captain of the Bayesian is being investigated for manslaughter and shipwreck , a judicial source has said, as the probe into the sinking of the superyacht in a storm off Sicily continues.

Italian prosecutors have placed James Cutfield under investigation over the deaths of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and six other people , the official, who asked not to be named, told Reuters on Monday, confirming earlier reports by Italian media.

Being placed under investigation in Italy does not imply guilt and does not mean formal charges will necessarily follow. Notices to people under investigation need to be sent out before authorities can carry out the autopsies on the bodies of the dead.

The decision was made after Mr Cutfield, 51, was interrogated for the second time in a week on Sunday.

The New Zealand national previously said of the storm: “We didn’t see it coming.”

It is still unclear whether other members of the crew or other people will be put under investigation along with the captain.

The British-flagged Bayesian , a 56m-long (184ft) yacht, was carrying 22 passengers and crew when it capsized and sank on 19 August within minutes of being hit by a pre-dawn storm while anchored near the Sicilian capital of Palermo .

Fifteen people survived, including Mr Lynch’s wife Angela Bacares, whose company owned the Bayesian , while Mr Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter Hannah was among the seven who died.

While the vessel had been hit by a sudden meteorological event, it was plausible that crimes of multiple manslaughter and causing a shipwreck through negligence had been committed, the head of the public prosecutor’s office of Termini Imerese, Ambrogio Cartosio, said on Saturday.

Maritime law gives a captain full responsibility for the ship, crew, and all on board.

“The Bayesian was built to go to sea in any weather,” Franco Romani, a nautical architect who was part of the team that designed the boat, told the Italian daily La Stampa in an interview published on Monday.

He said the yacht could have taken on water from a side hatch that was left open.

Prosecutors in Termini Imerese did not respond to calls to confirm the reports they are probing the captain.

On Saturday, chief prosecutor Ambrogio Cartosio confirmed an investigation has been launched but said a suspect has not been identified.

He said his team will consider each possible element of responsibility, including the captain, the crew, individuals in charge of supervision, and the yacht’s manufacturer.

Investigators are focusing on how a vessel deemed “unsinkable” by its manufacturer, Italian shipyard Perini Navi, sank while a nearby sailing boat remained largely unscathed.

Prosecutors said the event was “extremely rapid” and could have been a “downburst” – a localised, powerful wind that descends from a thunderstorm and spreads out rapidly upon hitting the ground.

The crew were saved, apart from the chef, Canadian-Antiguan national Recaldo Thomas, 58, while six passengers were trapped in the hull.

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The captain of the luxury superyacht which sank off Sicily last week is being investigated in a probe for potential manslaughter, reports said Monday.

James Cutfield, a 51-year-old New Zealand national, was one of 15 people who survived the sinking of the Bayesian, which left seven people dead, including UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his daughter.

Prosecutors on the Italian island on Saturday announced they were investigating potential crimes of negligent shipwreck and manslaughter over the sinking of the yacht in a storm before dawn on August 19.

They did not name any suspects and stressed the investigation was at an early stage. The prosecutor's office did not respond to AFP requests for comment on Monday.

Lynch, a 59-year-old British tech entrepreneur and investor, had invited friends and family onto the boat to celebrate his recent acquittal in a massive US fraud case.

But the 56-metre (185-foot) yacht was struck by something akin to a mini-tornado as it was anchored off Porticello, near Palermo.

The body of the yacht's cook was found shortly afterwards, and six people -- including the businessman and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah -- were reported missing.

Following a major search operation, divers pulled up the bodies of four of Lynch's friends on Wednesday, that of Lynch himself on Thursday, and finally that of Hannah on Friday.

The yacht currently lies on its side on the seabed, some 50 metres down.

All six bodies were found in the cabins closest to the surface, five in one and Hannah's body in another, and officials said they likely moved there while trying to find pockets of air.

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To be represented by Premium Yachts, Ferretti Yachts and Riva , two prestigious brands of the Ferretti Group, will be present at the Moscow International Boat Show 2013, displaying motor yacht Ferretti 530 as well as Riva Iseo yacht tender.

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Luxury yacht Ferretti 530 was very keen to undertake in collaboration once again with AYT – Advanced Yacht Technology, Ferretti Group Engineering Division and Studio Zuccon International Project . The compact dimensions, 16 meters long and almost 5 meters wide, allow the 530 yacht to deliver grand Italian luxury and cruising immersed in such comfort until now unheard of in a yacht of this size.

Ferretti 530 yacht boasts three revolutionary innovations: the full beam master cabin with chaise longue and two large open view windows that make it a real suite at sea level bathed in light, tones and the natural essences of teak. Moving the galley from the center to the aft section creates a unique open space that includes the saloon, galley, cocktail bar and the dining area, the cockpit area continues thanks to the tilting window. The roll bar free sky lounge and the spoiler allow the 530 a sporty appearance combined with elegantly formal lines.

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Riva , the iconic Ferretti Group brand, presented a new model at the historical Lake d’Iseo shipyards in July 2011. Featuring elegance and ease of transportation as its distinctive characteristics, Iseo superyacht tender , a 27 foot runabout, is destined to become a must-have for those who love cruising on both lakes and the sea, and, most importantly, design enthusiasts. It is also perfect for anyone wishing to enhance their yacht with an exclusive tender that will never go unnoticed.

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Due to its ease of manoeuvrability and size, Iseo yacht tender is also ideal as a tender for large yachts. Innovative and elegant, it can also guarantee comfort in bad weather conditions. Besides the electrohydraulic bimini top, it was also designed with a waterproof, automobile-style soft top which protects those on board against water and the wind during cruising.

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Investigators around the world have been searching for sanctions-hit Russian oligarchs’ yachts. One has been hiding in plain sight.

Italian authorities in March impounded Russian coal and fertilisers magnate Andrey Melnichenko’s $600mn Sailing Yacht A after Russia invaded Ukraine. Another yacht, the $300mn Philippe Starck-designed Motor Yacht A, has been anchored for weeks in the port of Ras al-Khaimah, in the United Arab Emirates.

By placing his yacht in the UAE, Melnichenko has put it beyond the reach of western governments enforcing sanctions on those deemed supportive of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine.

Its presence is a symbolic reminder of the Gulf monarchy’s ambivalence towards western sanctions on Russia, allies of Putin and the wealthy businessmen who have often benefited from ties to the state.

While the UAE government is trying to enhance measures against money laundering to exit a global dirty-money watchdog’s watchlist, the economic foundation of cities such as Dubai has long been based on welcoming flows of assets and people.

“Given its non-enforcement of western sanctions, the dilemma for the UAE is how to sustain its place as an open destination for capital while also appearing to be a good global citizen,” said one compliance professional. “It’s a tricky balancing act.”

The government of the Isle of Man said it had in March deregistered Melnichenko’s yachts, including Motor Yacht A, because of western sanctions, saying, “we will continue to act with appropriate robustness should the situation warrant it”.

Marine locator services placed Motor Yacht A off the Maldives in March. The Financial Times then saw the yacht on April 18. On Saturday it remained moored opposite Ras al-Khaimah’s city-centre fish market.

Businessmen in the UAE say Melnichenko, who denies affiliations to the Kremlin, held meetings there in April, but the tycoon has since returned to Moscow. A representative of Melnichenko, who has been placed under sanctions by the EU and UK as well as Switzerland and Australia, referred questions on the yacht to a lawyer who declined to comment.

UAE authorities in Dubai, Ras al-Khaimah and Abu Dhabi declined to comment.

European officials say they have raised concerns with Emirati counterparts that the UAE could become a financial haven for Russians placed under western sanctions. “We don’t want our allies to become facilitators for the Putin regime,” said one.

The UAE government has said it is maintaining a neutral course through the war, calling for an end to hostilities and providing humanitarian aid to Ukraine. Abu Dhabi, which has developed closer ties with Moscow in recent years, has also assured its allies that sanctions-hit entities will not be able to operate in the UAE. The Gulf monarchy, which has long argued that it is not compelled to enforce other nations’ sanctions, is keen to maintain its historical role as an apolitical territory focused on business.

Thousands of wealthy, non-sanctions-hit Russians have relocated to the UAE to escape economic uncertainty and political instability at home, even though they sometimes struggle to access the financial system. “Big banks are more cautious but smaller banks are offering help to those wishing to relocate. It’s just taking a lot of time,” said a Russian businessman.

Very wealthy Russians generally find financial institutions accommodating. Most of the wealthy elite have second passports from countries that sell nationality, such as Malta or Portugal, which facilitates the opening of new accounts with lenders that are warier of Russian passport holders.

Others have turned to alternative routes, such as cryptocurrencies and hawala, or informal money exchange services. The cost of this service has risen from 1 per cent of the transaction value to 5 per cent since the war broke out as demand surges, said one person aware of the trades.

Many in the UAE see a hypocrisy in western concern over the presence of the yacht and the Russians building new lives there. “So it was OK for London to take all the oligarch money but not for Dubai?” asked one lawyer.

Additional reporting by Nastassia Astrasheuskaya in Riga

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Rescue teams trying to access the submerged Bayesian yacht could be listening out for a timed banging noise, a senior university lecturer has said.

A maritime diving and wreckage expert also warned the teams would have to make “a big choice” as their efforts intensify.

Bayesian was moored around half-a-mile off the coast of Porticello when it sank at about 5am local time on Monday as the area was hit by a storm.

The Italian Coastguard said the six missing tourists from the incident, including Mike Lynch , are feared to have died with their bodies trapped inside a luxury yacht.

But Italy’s fire brigade Vigili del Fuoco said it was developing a plan to enter the wreckage of Bayesian, which is resting on the seabed off the coast at a depth of 50 metres.

Dr Jean-Baptiste Souppez, who teaches mechanical, biomedical and design engineering at Aston University, said: “A sign the rescuers may be looking for is a banging noise at regular intervals.

“This is common practice on submarines, and was one of the signs the search mission for the Titan submarine was looking for after it went missing last year.”

Dr Souppez added the next 24 hours of the rescue operation were “crucial” and the chance of air pockets forming inside the vessel was “simply impossible to predict”.

Speaking to BBC News about what caused the sinking, Dr Souppez said: “Reports from the survivors were that the sinking happened in a matter of minutes.

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Bertrand Sciboz, a maritime diving and wreckage expert at French company Ceres, told BBC News: “I think 50 metres is a limit to dive with a certain category of professional divers, so you will need to dive with some kind of helmet and pipe and [be] connected to the surface for oxygen, and also for speaking and hearing and telling what you see and do.

“It’s always very difficult, and especially with a sailing vessel, because you’ve got rope everywhere, you’ve got a sail which is floating in the current, because we are in the Mediterranean Sea and not in the English Channel.

“But the main thing, you know, it’s the fact that in those kind of conditions, it’s very hard to go inside the wreck, and they will have to have to make a big choice at one moment, of salvaging the whole wreck or rescuing the bodies.”

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