Name M/Y Va Bene Status Currently in service Beam 30 ft 2 in (9.19 m) Launched 1992 Owner Eric Clapton Builder Kees Cornelissen | Acquired 2005 Class and type Luxury yacht Draft 10 ft 2 in (3.10 m) Length 48 m Crew 13 crew members | |
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Installed power 2× Caterpillar engines; 2.574 kW (3.500 HP) Speed 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) | ||
M/Y Va Bene is a luxury yacht designed by Richard Hein and built in 1992 by Kees Cornelissen. Since 2005 it is owned by rock musician Eric Clapton. The yacht reportedly cost £9 million pounds.
History
In 1992 Va Bene was designed by Richard Hein and built by Kees Cornelissen for a Greek in the Netherlands. In 1997 he sold the yacht to Bernie Ecclestone. Ecclestone was looking for a buyer in 2002. Clapton, who had been looking for a new yacht, contacted Ecclestone in 2005 and purchased the ship for £9 million. Clapton had the yacht refitted from 2007 to 2008.
The yacht can be chartered the whole year round.
References
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