Twenty years on from her delivery, OAK reads as a yacht that has been looked after rather than one that has simply aged. Benetti built her in 2005 to the Classic formula the yard had spent a decade refining: a displacement hull, a raised pilothouse, and a profile by Stefano Righini that has dated better than most of what launched alongside it. Two refits, in 2022 and again in 2025, keep her systems and her surfaces current. What she offers now is a particular kind of charter, with the volume and the crew depth of a 35-metre displacement yacht at a level well below what a comparable modern hull commands.
She sleeps eleven across five cabins, a generous ratio for her length. The master is panelled in cherry and carries its own study: a working desk, a wall of instruments, and enough separation from the sleeping area that it functions as a second room. Below, two doubles and two twins share the lower deck, one twin carrying a pullman berth for a fifth guest or a child. Eight crew look after those eleven guests. On a yacht this size that is a deliberate over-crew, and it shows in the service rather than the specification.
Zuretti drew the interior, and it is warm and heavily grained, with burl and high-gloss cherry running through every space. It belongs unmistakably to its era, and the refits chose to restore it rather than strip it out. The main salon runs the full beam beneath a long band of windows. Forward, a round table seats the party under a coffered ceiling. A deck up, the skylounge turns lighter and less formal, with pale sofas, sculptural chairs and glass doors that open onto the upper aft deck.
Outside is where she earns her charter reputation. The sundeck runs the full width of the yacht and is properly equipped: a jacuzzi set into the teak, a curved bar with stools, sun pads forward and a shaded table aft. It is one deck that works from breakfast through to a late dinner without anyone having to move. The aft decks step down toward the water, and the bow carries a second seating arrangement for guests who want distance from everyone else.
She works the East Mediterranean year-round, running Greece and Turkey through the summer and staying in the region through winter. Zero-speed stabilisers hold her steady at anchor as well as underway, which matters more on a displacement hull at twelve knots than it does on something faster. Starlink is fitted throughout. Fuel consumption is low for her generation, which keeps long island-hopping days and delivery legs from becoming a line item.
The toy list runs deep and leans to families: two Seabob F9S, a three-seat Seadoo Spark, sea scooters, waterskis for adults and children, a monoski, a wakeboard, paddleboards, an inflatable platform and sofa, and a 4.4-metre Zodiac tender. A stationary bike covers the mornings. The chef has a following, and on a boat that spends its summers within reach of Greek markets that counts for a great deal.
For families and groups who want a full-service Mediterranean charter without paying for a new hull, OAK is a considered choice.
