Arthur’s Way is a Benetti Classic 121, a proper three deck Italian motor yacht that trades speed for space, stability and the kind of easy living a week in the Bahamas is made for. Built in 2006 and refreshed since, she carries the volume and finish of a larger yacht while staying manageable and welcoming, a considered choice for a family or a group of friends who want room to spread out.
Her lines were drawn by Stefano Righini, the designer behind a generation of Benettis, and the interior is the work of Francois Zuretti. The result is warm and classic: high gloss timber, deep sofas and pale upholstery across a main deck that flows from a bright salon into a separate formal dining room. It reads as a private yacht rather than a charter product, with the craftsmanship of an Italian yard behind every detail.
Space is her real advantage. A full beam master sits on the main deck with its own windows and bathroom, and four further cabins below, among them a VIP, doubles and a twin, sleep ten guests in comfort. Seven crew run her from their own quarters, a generous complement that keeps the service quiet and the guests looked after without ever feeling crowded.
That volume comes from her three deck layout, unusual at this length and the reason she lives so much larger than her thirty seven metres suggest. Ceilings are high, corridors are wide, and every social space has room to breathe rather than being squeezed to fit. For a longer charter, where a group needs somewhere to be together and somewhere to be apart, that generosity of space is what sets her apart from newer, tighter hulls.
Life on Arthur’s Way happens across her decks. The sun deck is the highlight, a wide teak space built around a jacuzzi, flanked by sun pads and shaded seating with the whole anchorage in view. Below it, an upper sky lounge gives an enclosed, air conditioned room to gather away from the sun, and the aft decks carry both a shaded dining table and a lounge for long evenings at anchor.
She is an unhurried yacht by design. A displacement hull and twin Caterpillar engines give her a steady, economical cruise and stabilisers hold her level at anchor and under way, so meals, sleep and time on deck stay calm. It is a temperament that suits island cruising, where the point is the anchorage rather than the passage, and where comfort at rest matters more than speed between stops.
Her cruising ground is the Bahamas, and she is well matched to it. There is room for the whole party to gather or to find a quiet corner, a jacuzzi and sun deck for the middle of the day, and a tender and toys for the water. The islands reward a yacht that can sit comfortably at anchor for days, and Arthur’s Way is built to do exactly that.
Arthur’s Way charters The Bahamas from her base in the islands. She suits a group that values space, stability and classic Italian build over speed, a Benetti with the volume of a much larger yacht and the warmth of a private home, from 95,000 US dollars per week.
