Most 130-footers are built for the dock they will rarely leave. The Benetti B.YOND 40M is built for the opposite owner — the one with a route in mind: a steel displacement explorer with hybrid propulsion and the endurance to cross oceans, drawn around weeks aboard rather than weekends alongside.
Who This Boat Is For
The B.YOND 40M is for owners who actually go somewhere. The brief is endurance, comfort and practical engineering over flash: ten guests in five cabins, nine crew in six cabins, and a four-deck layout with dual stairways that keeps service circulation and guest life from ever crossing. If your season is a marina berth with occasional day trips, this is more capability than you need. If it is the Bahamas to the Grenadines and onward, this is the point of the boat.
The Platform
The B.YOND 40M runs 130'11" overall on a 28'3" beam and an 8'10" draft, at 480 gross tons. The upper deck carries roughly 15 meters of open space — long-term liveability prioritized over showroom aesthetics, which is the B.YOND line's stated philosophy and visibly its practice.
Propulsion and Endurance
Twin 1,400 hp MAN V12 diesels drive a displacement hull to a 14-knot maximum and a 12-knot cruise, drawing from a 17,436-gallon fuel capacity. The Siemens E-Mode hybrid system is the headline: full-electric harbor operation — rare in the 130-foot class — quieter nights at anchor, and meaningful fuel savings at displacement speeds by the yard's own figures.
Those numbers translate to genuine ocean-crossing legs at 10 to 12 knots without building an itinerary around fuel stops. Have your captain verify consumption on trial at the passage speeds you intend to run, and put the observed figures in the file.
Within the Range
Step up to the B.YOND 57M for the same expedition philosophy at 187 feet and over 1,000 gross tons. The Motopanfilo 45M offers Benetti's heritage styling at a similar length with a completely different character — classic profile and season-chasing draft instead of expedition endurance.
Where to Start
Ask to see the engine room and the crew mess before the owner's suite. On an explorer, those two spaces tell you whether the boat can actually deliver the itineraries the brochure promises — and on the B.YOND 40M, they are the spaces Benetti is proudest of.