There is a kind of owner who logs more sea miles in a season than some yachts log in a decade. Benetti built the B.YOND 57M for exactly that logbook: a 187-foot steel yacht with hybrid E-Mode propulsion, capacity measured in ocean crossings, and crew quarters designed for the people who will actually run it year-round.
Who This Boat Is For
The B.YOND 57M is for owners who use their boats — long seasons, long legs, guests rotating through by airport rather than by tender. It carries ten to twelve guests in five or six cabins and a thirteen-person crew across eight cabins. That crew ratio is a design decision, not an accident: on a yacht intended to stay out for months, the standard of service in week ten is set by how the crew lives, and Benetti drew those spaces with unusual care.
The Platform
The B.YOND 57M measures 187'0" overall on a 34'9" beam and an 8'10" draft, at 1,020 gross tons. The hull is steel — the material you choose when the plan is decades of hard use rather than a light, fast decade of style.
Propulsion and Endurance
Twin 1,450 hp MAN diesels with the E-Mode hybrid system drive a 16-knot maximum and a 12-knot cruise, drawing from a 21,134-gallon fuel capacity with 3,963 gallons of water. E-Mode earns its keep twice: quieter, generator-light hotel operation at anchor, and reduced burn at displacement speeds. The tankage and the 12-knot cruise together mean transatlantic legs without refuelling stops — the yacht is sized for the route, not the marina.
At this level your captain and surveyor will run the trial program; have consumption documented at passage speeds as part of it.
Within the Range
The B.YOND 40M delivers the same expedition philosophy at 131 feet and under 500 GT. The B.NOW 60M, at similar length, trades the expedition character for the Oasis Deck and its beach-club-forward way of living. The choice is honest: miles or amenities first. The 57M is for the owner who answers "miles" without hesitating.
Where to Start
Interview the boat the way you would interview a captain: ask what it does in week eight of a season, not day one. Walk the crew spaces, the galley, the laundry, the engineering decks. The B.YOND 57M's answer to those questions is the reason to buy it.