MISTRESS

MISTRESS is a 46-metre custom steel motor yacht built by Benetti in 1990, with exterior design by Stefano Natucci and interiors by Zuretti Interior Design. She flies the Cayman Islands flag and was substantially refitted in 2024 — a significant investment that brings a vessel of over three decades standing back to a specification relevant to today's charter market. At 411 gross tonnes, she operates in the mid-range of the Italian classic custom-build sector that Benetti has long dominated.

She accommodates eleven guests across six cabins, attended by nine crew. MISTRESS operates throughout the western Mediterranean with an itinerary focus that runs from the Ligurian Riviera — Portofino, Ligurian coastal ports — through the French Riviera, Monaco, Cannes, St Tropez, Corsica, Sardinia, and the Amalfi and Italian coasts. She is well-suited to guests who want a generously proportioned classic Italian superyacht with a crew large enough to deliver personalised service. Guests seeking the latest interior aesthetic or the most current production design language would be looking at a different vessel.

The Stefano Natucci exterior and Zuretti interior are characteristic of the considered Italian design approach applied to this generation of Benetti custom builds — forms and proportions that have aged with more grace than many contemporaries. The 2024 refit will have been required to address the accumulated demands of a vessel this age, and a refit of this recency on a Benetti steel hull of this vintage is a meaningful commitment to ongoing viability. Her range of 4,123 nautical miles at 14 knots cruise supports genuinely extended Mediterranean itineraries.

The onboard amenity set is notable for a yacht of her era and size: gym, sauna, deck jacuzzi, BBQ, karaoke, sun deck, and swimming platform reflect an owner who has invested in the guest experience well beyond the baseline. The watersports inventory — two jet skis, scuba diving equipment for two, kayaks, and snorkelling gear — is functional, while two bicycles extend exploration ashore. MISTRESS presents as a yacht charter option for guests who value character, history, and the quality of a Benetti build maintained to a current standard.

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