Within the past month, Benetti splashed two new builds. They’re Zehava and Soy Amor (pictured).
First up was Zehava, whose name is a derivation of the Hebrew word for gold. Zehava is a Benetti Delfino 93, the seventh one to date. She has a beam of 23 feet (7.03 meters), accommodating 10 people in five staterooms. The owner of Zehava was reportedly quite involved in the interior design, collaborating with Benetti’s in-house team. Layout details are not yet available, though previous Benetti Delfino 93 builds have featured a main-deck master. Previous Delfino 93s have further featured a tender garage. Something that is confirmed, however: Zehava has twin MTU engine package permitting a reported top end of 14 knots. In addition, Zehava is expected for delivery this spring.
As for Soy Amor, the owner was present at the launch over the weekend. The megayacht is a Benetti Crystal 140, the third in the series—coming just nine months after hull number two was launched, in fact. Soy Amor has a 29’7” (9.05-meter) beam and a number of unusual custom touches. Take, for instance, a fireplace in the skylounge. There’s also a marble-lined waterfall (backlit, too) in the main foyer aboard Soy Amor. The tender garage is also a bit different. It’s accessed via a side hatch, not an aft one, to allow for a permanent beach club.
In further Benetti news, a few weeks ago the first hull for its F-125 megayacht series (above) arrived at its Viareggio facilities. (Both Zehava and Soy Amor were also built at that shipyard.) The F-125 is part of the Fast Displacement line. The hull blends round-bilge (full-displacement) hull-form elements with planing hull elements. Benetti calls it a D2P hull, signifying displacement to planing. The F-125 hull also has a wavepiercer-like bow. In combination with the Rolls Royce Azipull propeller system, all of this should boost efficiency over conventional planing hulls by 30 percent. The first F-125 is expected to be completed in summer 2015.
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