Turkey

Skylight Yachting

The 34.95-metre <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/212" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Benetti SpA (Company)">Benetti</a> motor yacht Accama sold, with Bekirhan Eğriboz of <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/4989" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Skylight Yachting (Company)">Skylight Yachting</a> introducing the buyer and Benjamin Parratte of <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/6452" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="IB Yachting (Company)">IB Yachting</a> representing the seller. Following her sale, Accama was renamed <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/553" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Accama34.95m (114'8&quot;)Benetti SpA2000">Friendship</a>. <img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/261278/image/large-6ecc0dd1fedc5917880bf97e3aec645d.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/261278"><a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/553" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Accama34.95m (114'8&quot;)Benetti SpA2000">Friendship</a> was delivered in 2000 as part of <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/212" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Benetti SpA (Company)">Benetti’s</a> Classic 115’ series, featuring an exterior design by <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/254" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Stefano Righini Design (Company)">Stefano Righini Design</a> and an interior by <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/67" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Zuretti Interior Design (Company)">Zurretti Interior Design</a>. She was last refitted in 2014 and is scheduled for more work later this year.<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/261276/image/large-48844bde9b88795caa02998953c27b7c.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/261276"><img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/250159/image/large-ff525a377d7a008f39ef3724731e49e8.png" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/250159"><img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/250163/image/large-61d118ff76bbdabb703f72b70c1971a4.png" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/250163"><img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/250162/image/large-30291a28ba6428e5a50a85c06e6d45fa.png" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/250162">With 247 GT of interior volume and four staterooms comprising an owner’s suite, a VIP and two twins, <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/553" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Accama34.95m (114'8&quot;)Benetti SpA2000">Friendship</a> can accommodate up to eight guests. She can also host six crew. <img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/250158/image/large-7ad8929ca986c8786c8f7544b4bf0589.png" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/250158"><img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/250153/image/large-d3d582d4d933e9f3cb36443d98ce9274.png" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/250153">Twin <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/1409" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="MTU (Company)">MTU</a> engines deliver a cruising speed of 11 knots with a range of 3,800 nautical miles, and a top speed of 16 knots. <img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/261273/image/large-b0be4453e08c634854b3cf1b600eaa0c.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/261273"><a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/553" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Accama34.95m (114'8&quot;)Benetti SpA2000">Friendship</a> was asking €3,490,000 at the time of her sale. <img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/261274/image/large-756a298596065fb33db730d61ccc3f43.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/261274">

Benetti yacht Accama sold and renamed Friendshi

The 35m Benetti motor yacht Accama sold with a last known asking price of €3,490,000.

35m Benetti yacht Accama sold and renamed Friendship 

The Turkish company CBK Superyachts (formerly known as VBG Superyachts) is currently building a 42-metre motor yacht under the project name Skylight II. This new project is close sistership to the 40-metre <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/4370" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Skylight40.0m (131'3&quot;)">Skylight</a> (formerly known as <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/4370" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Skylight40.0m (131'3&quot;)">Ceydam</a>, pictured here) that was built by the same shipyard.<img src="/uploads/store/photo/35226/image/large-9f555412afb0be4dc19797467201536e.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/35226">Sold by naval architect and yacht broker, Bekirhan Eğriboz, of Skylight Yachting in 2017, the yacht is on track for delivery next year. Skylight II will be powered by twin 1,500hp MTU engines and she can achieve a top speed of 18 knots and a cruising speed of 14 knots. She will be built to RINA commercial regulations.The final renderings are not available yet, but she will have similar lines as her smaller sistership, <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/4370" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Skylight40.0m (131'3&quot;)">Skylight</a>.