Benetti's New Fast Displacement is Born

Benetti took central stage at the Cannes Boat Show yesterday when they announced the new addition the F-125 model in their new fast displacement line to round out their Class Range. The new fast displacement line of composite yachts built by Benetti in the Viareggio boatyard already includes the F-140 which was introduced last year. With this new line Benetti intended to tap into the strong yet relitivly unexplored semicustom megayacht market.

Benetti CEO Vincenzo Poerio says, "Many of our clients have requested faster, more versatile, and efficient boats, while maintaining the same level of comfort and customisation found in our existing yachts. The new fast displacement line is designed precisely in response to these requests, and it rounds out our current offering in the Class Range. We haven't just created a new series; we have invested time and resources - combining the Benetti's 140 years of experience in super yachts with the technological know how of Azimut Benetti Group - to create a new way of heading out to sea."

The two Fast Displacement models were developed by Benetti in collaboration with the Azimut Benetti Group Research Centre, which has designed an extremely innovative hull geometry exclusively for the new range. The Fast Displacement yachts are equipped with a revolutionary new "D2P" Displacement to Planing hull. The new D2P hull has been equipped with a wave piercer bulbous at bow, which allows for an increased cruising efficiency (less resistance to forward motion) of up to 30% compared to a conventional megayacht hull.

The F-125 just like her older sister the F-140 has had her sporty exterior designed by Stefano Righini and her interior designed by British design studio Redman Whitely Dixon. Although the interior is full customisable for the owners, Redman Whitely Dixon have provided three different layout options: Sea, Land and Air. Sea will be modern and light filled bringing the outside in. Land will be more classic with the use of darker warm woods and Air will be the most contemporary with creative open spaces. She will be able to accommodate 10 guests in 5 cabins and will be able to reach a maximum speed of 22kts without putting any strain on the engine.

Sanlorenzo Splashes Again

The Italian shipyard Sanlorenzo has splashed their recent yacht, The first in the SL94 series hit the water yesterday the 30th August. This is the 9th boat to be launched this year by the yard and a few months they had a triple launch of yacht for three very happy Russian owners.

The SL94 is 28.8m which in the series name tells us she is 94ft. The designer is Francesco Paszkowski who worked closely with the in house team to come up with this contemporary design. She has large windows and portholes which bring natural light inside the yacht making for a very pleasant interior. Some of her features include a flybridge with an option of a hard top and also a large spacious aft garage to house the tender and water toys.

The SL94 can accommodate 8 guests in a full beam open plan master cabin, a VIP stateroom and two twin cabins all on the lower deck. She will have a top speed of 27kts and a cruising speed of 25kts. She will be making her debut at the Monaco Yacht Show in September.


This yacht series will certainly give other yacht series of similar size (Wesport 98) a run for their money in every department and will most lightly come out on top.

New launch by Eurocraft Yard in Italy

Thanks to Boat International for this picture of the newly launched Baron Trenck 142ft. She was launched by the Italian shipyard Eurocraft this week. She is the latest expedition style hull to hit the water in the world of Mega Yachts.
Not much is known about this yacht yet but she can accommodate 10 guests in a master suite on the main deck, two doubles and two twin staterooms on the lower deck. She will have a top speed of 14kts and a cruising speed of 12kts.

By first glance at the yacht it looks like three different yachts in one with the layout and difference in the style of windows, kind of like it was patched together. It is probably a yacht that you will either like or hate. Its big bow (like the bow on Andrea the Delta 126ft expedition style yacht) will surely get some use if the owner who purchases it has in mind of exploring the cold places of the world. She is currently up for sale for 16.3 million Euro on the boat international web site by Ocean Independence.

The Italian Job

Its all Italian this week with two Italian yards Launching boats.
First we have Mondo Marine who launched their second boat of the year with Alexander Again a 49 meter semi-displacement. the designer was Giorgio Vafiadis and the boat has four guest cabins below deck and the owners suite is on the main deck. see the picture below.

The other Italian yard that has been busy this week is Sanlorenzo, launching three megayacht in the space of a week.

• Reve d'Or a 46 meter
• Scorpion a 40 meter
• Santa Anna a 38 meter

These boats were all launched in the presence of their new Russian owners.
Below is Reve d'Or The largest of the three.