Comprehensively refitted Laurent Giles-designed pilothouse ketch from Benetti Sail Division in Italy. Launched in 1988 and constructed in steel with an aluminium deck and superstructure.
FURTHER BROKER’S COMMENTS:
From the board of Laurent Giles & Partners and constructed by Bennetti Sail Division in Viareggio, Italy, TILL is a 1982-built and 1988-launched example of the 16m Motorsailer design. Expensively constructed with a steel hull and aluminium deck & superstructure, the Benetti 16m Motorsailer is a solid and extremely well-founded ketch-rigged yacht, ideally suited to long-distance, all-climates cruising. In the same ownership for the past 25 years, TILL has been lovingly maintained and extensively updated/refitted including the fitment of inboom furling systems to both main and mizzen rigs to allow for effortless short-handed sailing. Her specification highlights include:-
• Four-cabin mahogany-finished interior layout with owner’s stateroom aft, VIP twin stateroom forward, guest twin cabin aft and further twin guest/crew cabin in forepeak, all with ensuite bathrooms
• Steel hull with aluminium deck and superstructure – repainted 2018
• Teak laid decks – replaced 2018
• Lead fin keel with semi-skeg supported rudder
• Volvo Penta TMD70C 175hp diesel engine with shaft drive and 3-blade propeller
• Hydraulic bowthruster with PTO from engine
• Upper and lower helm positions
• Kohler 17kw diesel generator
• 24vDC battery systems with battery banks replaced in 2022
• Inverter
• Shorepower with isolation transformer
• Approx 1,000 litres fuel capacity with fuel polishing pump
• Approx 2,000 litres fresh water capacity
• Holding tank
• B&G navigation instruments
• Autohelm and NECO autopilot controls
• Furuno radar
• Full galley with Smeg gas stove, microwave and twin fridges
• Tecma electric heads
• Reverse-cycle air-conditioning
• In-boom furling system for main and mizzen rigs
• Electric furling for genoa
• Staysail furler
• Barient winch package with electric main halyard winch
• Gennaker
• Twin anchors
• Passarelle
• Davits
• 3.20m RIB with 15hp outboard engine
Note. LOA including bowsprit and bathing platform is approx. 17.40m
MANUFACTURER BACKGROUND:
The Benetti Sail Division shipyard was established in 1978 as the sailing division of the F.LLI Benetti shipyards in Viareggio, which until then had only offered steel motor yachts. It specialized in the construction of aluminium and steel hulls.
In 1981, under the leadership of Riccardo Benetti, the company became an independent brand. In those years (1985), the F.LLI Benetti shipyard, following the construction of the NABILA — at the time the largest yacht in the world — went bankrupt, bringing down the entire family with it.
The Benetti brand and what remained after the bankruptcy were acquired by Paolo Vitelli, who thus created a new brand, Azimut Benetti, which would go on to become one of the largest and most important motor yacht shipyards in the world.
Riccardo Benetti resisted the legal pressure from Vitelli’s lawyers, who attempted to force him to abandon the Benetti name. He stopped building sailing yachts after completing the WHITE GULL, went through a number of short-lived ventures such as Benetti Erreyacht, Colvic Delfino 16.20, the yacht GUITE IV, and others.
At the end of the century, he returned to building classic steel yachts, starting with PRINCESS T (now IDYLLE (Benetti Sail), picking up the legacy of his father’s shipyard.
SPECIFICATION
CONSTRUCTION
RCD Status:
• Our understanding is that the yacht is exempt from CE Conformity as she was in use in the EEA prior to June 1998.
Hull Construction:
• Steel hull construction
• Hull sanded, new epoxy primer - 2018
• Awlgrip Pearl Grey hull paint and blue stripes – 2018
Deck & Superstructure Construction:
• Aluminium deck and superstructure
• Teak laid on the deck with black caulking - 2018
Keel & Rudder:
• Lead fin keel
• Semi-skeg supported rudder
MACHINERY
Engine & gearbox:
• Volvo Penta TMD 70C, 6 cylinders, after-cooled, turbocharged, diesel engine producing 175hp @ 2,200 RPM
• Fresh water engine cooling via raw water intake and heat exchanger
• Mechanical reduction gearbox
Service & Maintenance:
• Engine hours – approx. 6,500 engine hours at the time to the listing
• Date of last engine service – 2025
Propulsion & Steering:
• Stainless steel propeller shaft with water-cooled seal
• 3 blades fixed propeller
• Hydraulic wheel steering system with interior and exterior helm station
• Hydraulic bowthruster with PTO on the engine
ELECTRIAL SYSTEMS
Voltage systems:
• 24vDC primary domestic system with 24vDC starting circuit and 220 AC via generator, shorepower or inverter.
Battery Banks:
• 4x 12vDC 220Amp connected in parallel to supply 24vDC service batteries - 2022
• 2x 12vDC 110Amp connected in parallel to supply 24vDC start batteries - 2022
• Generator start battery - 2022
Charging / Inverter:
• 4x battery charger (service, engine start battery, generator and spare)
• Alcapower 24vDC 600w DC-AC inverter
Generator:
• Kohler 17kW 220vAC 50Hz diesel generator
• Generator hours – approx. 5.600 at the time of the listing
Alternators:
• 24vDC Engine mounted alternator
• 24vDCc engine mounted service battery alternator
Engine PTO:
• Engine PTO for the hydraulic bowthruster
Other Electrical:
• 220vAC 50Hz shorepower connection with ring main
• Isolation transformer
PLUMBING & GAS SYSTEMS
Fresh Water:
• The hot freshwater circuit is led into well-insulated Ferroli 40litres hot water tank, heated by engine or 220vAC immersion heater elements
• 12vDC - 24vDC pressure pump – 2020
Bilge Pumps:
• 3x 24vDC electric bilge pumps
• 1x Fluxinos manual bilge pump with multiple points
Other Plumbing:
• Cleaning fuel system with suction of the bottom of the tanks
TANKAGE
Fuel:
• Approx 1,000 litres in 2x stainless steel tanks
• Tanks cleaned 2024
Fresh Water:
• Approx 2,000 litres fresh water in 3x stainless steel tanks
Holding Tanks:
• Stainless steel 60 litres black water tank
NAVIGATION & COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
In Cockpit:
• B&G H2000 analogic depth, boat speed, wind speed, wind angle, wind direction
• Ship head course angle
• Rudder angle
• Autohelm ST7000 autopilot control
• Ipad with Raymarine chart in a waterproof
At the pilot house:
• B&G H2000 analogic boat speed, wind speed, wind angle, wind direction
• Ship head course angle
• Rudder angle
• Furuno 16m scan erray radar
• Geonav GPS chartplotter
• Philips AP Navigator Mk9 GPS-D
• Brooks & Gatehouse speedometer LOG
• Brooks & Gatehouse depth metres
• NECO autopilot control
• Furuno DFAX
Communications Equipment:
• Matrix GX2108 VHF with DSC
• Sailor VHF
DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT
Galley:
• Smeg stainless steel gas stove with four hobs
• Cooker hood
• 2x front opening fridges
• Microwave oven
• Twin stainless steel sinks
Heads:
• Tecma 24vDC electric fresh/salt water heads
• Bidet in owner’s cabin heads
• Manual salt water head in the front crew cabin
• Shower boxes in every cabins
Heating & Ventilation:
• 220vAC reverse-cycle air-conditioning system with inverter
Entertainment:
• LCD TV in the saloon
• Stereo for saloon and cockpit
ACCOMMODATION
Summary of Accommodation:
• Up to 8 berths in four cabins, each with ensuite bathroom. Owner’s double cabin aft with VIP double cabins forward to starboard.
Accommodation Finish:
• Mahogany interior joinery with satin varnish finish
• Mahogany battening to exposed hull sides
• Teak soleboards with holly inlay
• Off-white vinyl padded headlinings
• Deckhead hatch skyscreens with blackout blinds and mosquito nets
• Corian counters in heads compartments
• Laminate counters in galley area
Accommodation layout from Forward:
• The forward stateroom is often used as crew quarters and features a single bed portside and generous storage beneath and starboard side. There is a private head aft with separate shower stall.
• Aft portside galley with access from the dinner table aft. Gas SMEG galley with cooker hood. Twin front opening fridges on the left and electric oven on the right.
• The starboard cabin has upper and lower bunks, a large hanging locker and front-opening lockers. There is a guest head and shower accessible from the cabin.
• Port side dining table with front and aft seats for 6 guests plus chair.
• The main saloon takes full advantage of the beam and raised position with fixed cabin windows provides good light, airy and expansive living area with great visibility outside, even when seated. Aft of the pilot position the TV and electric system with switches and the main access to the engine room below. To starboard is the pilot seat and hydraulic steering wheel with cockpit. To port is a further U shape VIP settee.
• Moving thought the centre corridor to the starboard side the second guest cabin has upper and lower bunks, a large hanging locker and front-opening lockers. There is a guest head and shower accessible from the cabin.
• Aft full beam impressive owner’s cabin. It features a large double centre berth. There are large hanging lockers and an abundance of bookshelves, drawers and front-opening lockers. A private head is forward with separate shower stall and bidet.
DECK EQUIPMENT
Rig:
• Deck stepped aluminium masts
• Spiroidal stainless steel wire standing rigging
• Viganò GRP furling boom - 2020
• Mechanical vang for the main boom
• Running backstays
• Electric genoa furler
• Bamar manual staysail furler
• Barbarossa deck hardware
• 176.8 sqm sail area
Winches:
• 1x Barient 19.2 speed self-tacking manual winch on the mizzen mast
• 1x Barient 25.2 speed manual winch
• 1x Barient 27.2 speed self-tacking manual winch
• 2x Barient 28.2 speed manual winches
• 2x Barient 2 speed manual winches on the main mast
• 3x Barient 27.2 speed manual winches on the main mast
• 1x Barient 27.2 speed self-tailing electric winch on the main mast for the main halyard.
• 1x Barient 19.2 speed self-tacking manual winch
Sails:
• Furling dacron main sail – 2020
• Furling dacron mizzen sail – 2020
• Dacron staysail – 2020
• Dacron furling genoa - 2020
• Gennaker
General:
• Stainless steel pulpit and pushpit with aft opening
• Double guardrail and stainless-steel stanchions
• Side boarding gates
• Stainless steel davits
• Additional outboard engine davit
• Large folding cockpit table
• Cockpit shower
• Cockpit and full deck lights
• Folding aft passerelle with guardrail
Anchoring & Mooring:
• CQR main anchor with 100m 12mm anchor chain - 2018
• Bruce second anchor
• Electric fore windlass
• Electric aft mooring winch
Covers, Cushions & Canvas:
• Cockpit cushions
• Sun awnings for forward and aft cockpit.
• Seats and centre consol cover
• Deck window cover
Tender & Outboard:
• 3.20m rigid keel inflatable tender dinghy 320m
• 15hp 2-stroke outboard engine
SAFTEY EQUIPMENT:
General note on safety equipment: Any safety equipment such as liferafts, Epirbs, fire extinguishers and flares etc. are usually personal to the current owner(s) and if being left on-board as part of the sale of a used vessel may require routine servicing, replacement, or changing to meet a new owners specific needs.
Life saving:
• Liferaft.