Benetti B.YOND 40M

The B.YOND 40M sleeps 10 guests in five cabins, with accommodation for nine crew in six crew cabins. The owner's suite is full-beam on the main deck with a double bathroom, and the four guest cabins sit alongside it with en-suite heads and natural light.

What makes the layout work over a long trip is the traffic plan. A dual stairway system keeps guest and crew routes separate, so service happens without anyone crossing paths at breakfast. The upper deck is a single 15-metre open space with floor-to-ceiling glass and an aerial stairway linking the main and bridge decks without cutting the room in half.

The B.YOND 40M covers 5,000 nautical miles at 10 knots, which is genuine ocean-crossing range for a 130-foot yacht. It carries 66,000 litres of fuel, 17,436 US gallons, and cruises at 12 knots with a 14-knot maximum. That combination lets you plan a season around where you want to be rather than where the fuel docks are.

The Siemens E-Mode hybrid system stretches the number further. Benetti quotes a 24 percent reduction in fuel consumption against conventional propulsion in this size range, and the yacht can run full-electric in harbour or at anchor. The Bahamas in January and the Mediterranean by summer is a realistic plan rather than a stretch.

Yes. The aft deck carries an 8-square-metre infinity pool with a glass bottom, surrounded by sun pads. It is set into the deck rather than bolted on, so the surrounding space still works for lounging and service.

That is deliberate restraint on a 130-foot yacht. The pool is big enough to use and small enough that the aft deck keeps its utility. Combined with the 15-metre upper deck and its floor-to-ceiling glass, the outdoor plan gives you two genuinely different places to spend an afternoon rather than one crowded one, which matters when you are aboard for weeks at a time.

The Siemens E-Mode Hybrid System pairs the twin MAN V12-1400 diesels with electric drive and gives the yacht four operating modes, including full electric for harbour manoeuvring and for anchoring without generator noise. Benetti quotes a 24 percent reduction in fuel consumption and an 85 percent cut in NOx emissions against conventional propulsion in this size range.

The practical effect is quiet. You can lie at anchor overnight with hotel systems running and no machinery humming under the aft deck. It also supports an already long 5,000-nautical-mile range at 10 knots, which is why Tony treats it as a working tool rather than a marketing feature.

The B.YOND 40M suits the owner who wants to spend a month in the Bahamas, cross to the Med in spring, and never plan a season around fuel stops. It rewards people who read the engineering specs before the interior brochure. If your goal is pulling into Monaco and turning heads, this is the wrong 130-footer.

The giveaway is what Benetti left out. There is no marble or gold leaf, the decks use synthetic teak, and the materials were chosen to be durable rather than photogenic. Tony's view is that this is a tool you can take anywhere and live aboard for weeks, not a trophy.

Plan on roughly $1.5 million to $2 million a year with a full crew. That is Tony's estimate rather than a Benetti figure, and crew is the biggest line in it: a captain, engineer, chef, stewardess and deckhand at minimum, so five to seven people, costs somewhere between $500,000 and $700,000 annually depending on experience and itinerary.

The rest is fuel, insurance, maintenance, dockage and provisioning. Two things work in your favour. The hybrid system cuts fuel burn against conventional propulsion, and a steel hull is more forgiving to maintain than aluminium or composite. MAN parts availability is excellent and Benetti's service network is strong.