WILLOW is a 42-metre Benetti from the Veloce 140 series, delivered in 2017 and built for a particular kind of charter: quick between anchorages, generous once you arrive. Her fast hull carries her at a 16-knot cruise and up to 24 knots when the itinerary is ambitious, which widens the map of a single week. Corsica for lunch, Sardinia by evening, the Italian coast the next morning. The range is real, and it changes how a week onboard actually feels.
She reads as modern and athletic from the dock, with clean lines and a bright, contemporary interior that avoids heaviness. Inside, the mood is easy rather than formal. The main deck lounge opens to natural light and flows aft toward a dining area sized for the full party, while a separate sky lounge gives guests a second, quieter room to retreat to when the main salon is busy with company.
Her layout accommodates ten guests across five cabins, arranged as three doubles and two twins. The configuration is deliberately versatile, working equally well for a single family or two couples travelling with children. The main deck master runs full of light and sits apart from the guest accommodation below, where the VIP and further cabins are finished to the same considered standard.
Outside is where WILLOW earns her repeat guests. A jacuzzi sits forward on the foredeck, private and away from the main flow of the yacht, a place to watch the coast slide past at anchor. Aft and above, the deck spaces layer lounging, shaded seating and open-air dining across the sun deck, upper deck and main deck, so the party can spread out or gather as the day dictates. A cosy beach club with a bar sits low at the waterline for easy access to the sea.
Meals move around the yacht with the day. The upper deck carries a shaded exterior dining setting for long lunches in the breeze, while the aft decks stay open for drinks and easy gathering as the light drops. The Veloce 140 series has a reputation for pairing that outdoor volume with efficient range under a fast hull, and WILLOW draws on both. It is a yacht that suits owners and guests who want to keep moving through a cruising ground rather than settle in one bay, without trading away the space to relax when they stop.
The watertoys inventory is one of her strongest cards. Alongside the tender she carries a waverunner, SeaBobs, an eFoil, kayaks, paddleboards and a full set of towed inflatables, and she runs as an RYA training centre for jetskis and waverunners, so guests can learn properly rather than simply borrow the kit. Zero speed stabilisers hold her steady at anchor, which matters as much for dinner on deck as it does for sleep below.
A crew of eight run her, and it is the crew as much as the yacht that explains her calendar. WILLOW fills early each season on repeat business, the clearest signal a charter yacht can give. She is a straightforward yacht to book and an easy one to enjoy, purpose-built for active families and friends who want to see more of the coastline without giving up comfort to do it.
She spends her summers in Corsica, France, Sardinia and along the Italian coast, chartering from EUR 175,000 per week.
