Benetti delivers Inari, a 49.9m B.Now held to 499 gross tonnes
FB619, contracted in 2023 and launched in April
Inari carried the yard number FB619 through her build. The contract was signed in February 2023 through Divo Yacht, she was launched from Benetti's Livorno yard on 30 April 2026, and delivery follows this month after sea trials. Three years and a few weeks from signature to handover is a normal path for a semi-custom hull of this size.
The exterior is by the British studio RWD. Naval architecture is Benetti's own, and the interior came from the Benetti Style Department, which is a third and separate credit that coverage of this boat has tended to drop. Hull is steel, superstructure aluminium, with the automotive-influenced styling the B.Now range is built around.
Why 499 gross tonnes matters
Inari measures 499 GT, parked deliberately under the 500 mark. Above it a yacht moves into a heavier band of crewing, survey and safety requirements that add cost and complexity for as long as she is owned. Builders design to stay beneath the line, and the volume Benetti finds underneath it is what makes a 49.9-metre feel larger than the number suggests.
The running gear is conventional and proven, not experimental. Twin MAN engines give a top speed of 15 knots and a cruise of 13, and 60,000 litres of fuel take her about 4,500 nautical miles at 10 knots. That is an ocean crossing on a planned passage and not island-hopping, which is unusual at this tonnage.
A beach club on a 49.9-metre hull
The Oasis Deck is Benetti's answer to the thing owners keep asking for on a smaller yacht, which is more contact with the water. Fold-out bulwark terraces drop from the stern to wrap a pool and lounge, so the aft deck becomes one open platform at anchor. The concept started on Benetti's larger boats and works its way down the range.
The standard platform takes 12 guests in six cabins. This owner took five, for 10, with the master forward on the main deck and three doubles and a twin on the lower deck. That is a decision worth understanding at resale, because the next buyer inherits a cabin count below the platform maximum.
What she sits against on the market
Benetti does not publish prices and none has been disclosed for Inari, who is not listed for sale. The used market gives the frame at the same length. SuperYacht Times currently features Bombay, a 2016 Benetti of 49.92 m and 487 GT, at EUR 19,500,000, which is what a decade-old hull of almost identical dimensions is asking today.
That gap between a new delivery and a ten-year-old boat of almost identical size and tonnage is the depreciation question in its plainest form. The English courts have held there is no typical rate at which a yacht loses value. Comparables like this one are the only honest way to test it.
The range has already moved on
Benetti's published B.Now family now runs 72M, 67M, 60M and a new 52M at 51.50 m. The 50M that Inari was built to no longer appears on it. The 52M carries a 9.00 m beam, a 2.6 m draught, twin MAN V12s, 4,500 nautical miles at 10 knots, 12 guests in six cabins and 10 crew, with the interior credited to Valentina Zannier.
For an owner that is worth reading carefully. A superseded model is not a worse boat, and Inari's numbers stand up against the replacement almost point for point. But brokers price a current model differently from a retired one, and the B.Now 50M fleet is now a closed set whose comparables stop growing.
What is good, and what to watch
Strong points
- Deliberately capped tonnage keeps operating costs and crewing simplerStaying at 499 GT rather than designing to the hull's natural volume avoids the SOLAS, ISM and MLC compliance package - fire insulation throughout, mandatory sprinklers, a shore-based safety manager, higher officer certification - that applies from 500 GT. This is general-industry context on the 499 GT threshold, not reporting specific to Inari.
- Long range for her size4,500nm at 10 knots is a genuinely long-legged figure for a 49.9-metre yacht, suited to extended cruising rather than short coastal hops.
What to watch
- The 499 GT ceiling is a hard design constraint, not a free featureHolding volume just under the regulatory line typically means sacrificing some enclosed space or clever hull and superstructure shaping purely to stay under the number - the yacht is built to a regulatory target as much as an owner's brief.
- Modest top speed for a 50-metre yacht15 knots top and 13 knots cruise is unremarkable next to comparable-length designs with higher-output propulsion, reflecting a range-and-efficiency-over-speed trade typical of the B.Now line.
Practical detail
| Guests / cabins | Up to 12 guests in 6 suites - an owner's suite on the main deck, three double guest cabins and one twin. |
|---|---|
| Crew | Up to 10 crew. |
| Speed / range | 13 knots cruise, 15 knots top speed, about 4,500nm range at 10 knots, on twin MAN engines. |
| Buying or chartering | No asking price, sale listing or charter program published; commissioned as a private build through broker Divo Yacht in February 2023. |
| What is not published | Build cost and the current owner's identity are not disclosed anywhere found, and are not speculated on here. |
Questions this story answers
What happened?
Benetti launched Inari at Livorno on 30 April and delivers her this month, three years after the contract was signed. She is 49.9 m and 499 GT, one tonne under the line that changes crewing and survey for the life of a yacht, and she still covers 4,500 nautical miles at 10 knots. The range she belongs to has already moved on without her.
What is good about it?
Deliberately capped tonnage keeps operating costs and crewing simpler. Staying at 499 GT rather than designing to the hull's natural volume avoids the SOLAS, ISM and MLC compliance package - fire insulation throughout, mandatory sprinklers, a shore-based safety manager, higher officer certification - that applies from 500 GT. This is general-industry context on the 499 GT threshold, not reporting specific to Inari.
What should an owner or buyer watch?
The 499 GT ceiling is a hard design constraint, not a free feature. Holding volume just under the regulatory line typically means sacrificing some enclosed space or clever hull and superstructure shaping purely to stay under the number - the yacht is built to a regulatory target as much as an owner's brief.
Who reported this?
SuperYacht Times, SuperYacht24, Yacht Charter Fleet, Yacht Harbour, YachtBuyer.
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