Fleet profile

Valpaolo

Benetti SpA 18.60 m 1962 Italy Unknown ★ 2 Star Superyacht Guide Award

Key Facts

Length: 18.60 m
Builder: Benetti SpA
Year: 1962
Type: Motor yacht
Country: Italy
Charter availability: Unknown

Previous / Project Names

No previous or project names recorded.

Superyacht Guide Award

Superyacht Guide Yacht Star

★★☆☆☆

2 Stars - Good standard

Highly notable historical Benetti yacht listed in the builder's official heritage record.

Heritage Yacht

Last reviewed: May 14, 2026

Superyacht Guide Awards are editorial ratings based on available information and review criteria.

Valpaolo is a historical Benetti yacht listed on the shipyard's official Heritage page. Benetti records Valpaolo as a 1962 yacht with a length overall of 18.6 metres. Within Superyacht Guide she is treated as a heritage yacht rather than a current production model, because the official Benetti source places her in the yard's historical record of notable creations. Her listing helps document Benetti's early transition into modern luxury yacht building and the development of the shipyard's long-running motor-yacht identity.

Gallery

Primary image

Benetti Valpaolo

Credit: Benetti

Specifications

Length	18.60 m

Estimated yacht value€857,600€643,200–€1,114,880

Annual OPEX€156,083€117,062–€210,712

Annual capital reserve€21,440€12,864–€34,304

Monthly ownership cost€14,794OPEX plus reserve

Five-year ownership cost€887,616Before acquisition and finance

OPEX / yacht value18.2%Central estimate

Annual operating expenditure

Category	Annual estimate	Status
Berthing, ports and agency fees	€12,487	Estimated
Communications, IT and security	€3,122	Estimated
Crew salaries and employment costs	€54,629	Estimated
Fuel and lubricants	€18,730	Estimated
Insurance	€7,804	Estimated
Maintenance and routine repairs	€31,217	Estimated
Yacht management and administration	€4,682	Estimated
Provisions and hospitality	€9,365	Estimated
Flag, registration, class and surveys	€3,122	Estimated
Tenders, toys and deck equipment	€6,243	Estimated
Travel, training, medical and uniforms	€4,682	Estimated

Capital expenditure and refit history

Item	Amount	Year	Status
No reported yacht-specific capital transactions have yet been added.

Sources, assumptions and methodology

Indicative SYG estimate. Value basis: Length-and-age model using length. Central annual OPEX uses the established 14% of estimated yacht value fallback, adjusted for yacht age where available. Low and high cases reflect utilisation, condition, crewing, fuel, berthing and maintenance uncertainty. Capital reserve is shown separately from routine OPEX. Figures must be replaced or upgraded when reported accounts, invoices, court records or other yacht-specific evidence is available.

Calculation version: SYG-FI-1.0 · Last reviewed: 25 July 2026

Financial figures may include reported expenditure, source-derived calculations and indicative estimates. Estimated figures are not audited accounts, quotations or financial advice.

Yacht intelligence

Superyacht Passport

A dynamic record assembled from Superyacht Guide yacht data, sourced ownership records, construction milestones, valuations, sale listings and related reporting.

Identity

Current name: Valpaolo
Launch year: 1962
Builder: Benetti SpA

Ownership & provenance

No sourced ownership record is currently published for this yacht.

Market snapshot

Estimated current value

€300,000

Estimated annual running cost

€42,000

DB/editorial comparable value. Valpaolo is a classic 1962 Benetti 18.6m motor yacht. No direct public asking/sale value found; valuation date left blank. Value date not recorded because the exact source valuation date/year is not verified. Controlled Superyacht Guide 100-yacht wider/deeper value assessment batch. VALUE_CLASS: EDITORIAL_ESTIMATE_VALUE. This classification separates direct source-backed values from public estimates and editorial/comparable estimates.

Values and running costs are estimates unless explicitly identified as documented transaction figures.

Yacht Value History

Permanent Superyacht Guide market records showing estimates, asking prices and, where verified in future, documented transaction or financial values.

1 recorded point

Date

18 Jul 2026

Date recorded by Superyacht Guide

Record type

Superyacht Guide estimate

Value

€300,000

Evidence

Superyacht Guide valuation

How to read this history: Superyacht Guide estimates, brokerage asking prices and documented transaction values are stored as separate record types. The first baseline record marks the beginning of permanent Superyacht Guide value-history tracking; the absence of an earlier record does not mean the yacht had no earlier market value or sale history.

Yacht timeline

Dated milestones and Superyacht Guide records, ordered chronologically.

1962

Launch year

Passport evidence

Benetti Heritage

Supports: general

Superyacht Guide distinguishes sourced records, estimates and reported information. Evidence shown here reflects sources attached to this yacht record and may be updated as new verified information becomes available.

Refit planning for Valpaolo

Comprehensive condition-led refit planning

Approximate yacht age

64 years

For an older yacht, structural condition, machinery lifecycle, piping, electrical infrastructure, fire safety, hotel systems and preservation objectives may all merit investigation. No requirement is inferred without survey and technical evidence.

Age does not prove that this yacht needs a refit, and no refit cost is inferred from its estimated value.

Open Refit Planner

Where can Valpaolo go?

1235 public marina records are recorded with a maximum yacht length of at least 18.60 m.