Disruptive Thinking - Bente 39 | Review | Yachting World

[@colbr6733]

This boat just comes alive on the water. It looks brilliant, has proper shelter when it's crap weather. Nice to see real design that is actually moving forward, rather than reinventing the past.

[@rt-uh6mt]

A lot of naysayers here, but for myself, wow, I really love this boat. I grew up on and admire classic monohulls but they are dark and I love that this is bright and clean and open. It's just the size I want for my family. The price is certainly reasonable and in line with other boats this size. Hoping to buy something in 5-10 years time. This is definitely going to be high on my want list.

[@TrailerYacht]

An interesting yacht. Good to see new design concepts being trialled. Swing keel version sounds especially interesting, particularly if she is able to dry out without damage when the keel is raised for shallow water adventures.

[@observer2172]

Guys, This is a 39 footer, want more space - buy a 45 one. The roof is for the north where it rains daily and can get 12-15C in mid August. Nobody noticed this sweet thing goes 8-9 kts upwind?! Jerks.

[@pandos_bandos]

Observer 21, I agree with you one hundred percent. The boat is great.

[@donaldvanvliet9039]

Love this boat. A lot of people here for some reason seem to start from the premisse that every sailboat should be a tropical liveaboard cruiser...a bit odd...

[@ArcticSeaCamel]

I really liked the overall feel of this!

[@javierechevarria1548]

Very innovative boat. Thank you for doing the video. Very much appreciated.

[@yachtingworld]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Tunethetone]

This is what I am looking for! Lovely!

[@tungstenn]

Such an ordeal to have to keep fiddling with the volume on these vids with Toby whispering and then the music suddenly blasting.

[@Mungo-Man]

Good review spoilt by raucous music 👎

[@wckoek]

I like some aspect of this boat, the light is welcoming but would be too much in the summer. Can they install some kind of blinds or curtain so it can be removed when needed?

[@returner323617]

Thanks for the review - they are always appreciated - and the boat itself warrants a second look simply by virtue of being so different. However, I take issue with the categorisation of "cruiser" - maybe day cruiser, or weekender - but I cannot see myself warming (so to speak) with a number of aspects: the very exposed helm position, the funky controls for the running rigging, the pilot station that's surely seamlessly superfluous on a 39', the restricted headroom that would definitely result in copious amounts of swearing, and most obviously, the polycarbonate coachroof that would be a disaster in terms of thermal transference, both allow far to much sun/heat in during summer, and all the heat out during winter. There are some aspects to the interior that are certainly interesting, and she looks a fast boat, but it's all just a little try-hard isn't it..?

[@Gottenhimfella]

Sharp corners below, too.

[@randallwatson391]

@@Gottenhimfella yeah I noticed those, too...

[@rothgartheviking858]

This comment is spot on. Its just not a practical design for cruising. It is interesting.

[@williamyamm8803]

Very interesting design, and fast !

[@philippechevereau9818]

A great boat! Equip the windows with the electronic dimming as on the Wauqiez, B787 or A350 and half of the comments below become unnecessary!

[@tim850csi]

It's a very interesting boat with some fun innovative design. However, at 6'2" the headroom constraints would be an issue and the aft cabin is positively coffin like. I'm not sure I'd enjoy being a guest back there. Love the layout of the salon / galley. Very smart.

[@supersevenn]

you were 5-10 in the other video. congratulations on your growth ;)

[@elitedavidhorne8494]

That's a fast and pretty boat. Pretty sure some blinds and tint could sort those windows out. I like the windows.

[@radforduniversity6424]

That is one badass boat

[@peterwilliams1004]

Wow, windows, there's innovation for you!

looks very big inside to have just 12 mt lenght. I love it.

[@Nils_Hammarsten]

Nice roomy. Price? As much as a Hallberg Rassy 40c?

[@stormtrooper9404]

Can’t decide if Toby matured and became a great reviewer,or this boat is simply that good by itself :) Either way it should turn heads for scandinavian(UK also) sailors.But for sure its not for the medditeranean or god-forbid real tropics. Cheers

[@MrHaiopei]

It will be as warm as in a greenhouse and the sailors will be dehydrated after a sunny trip.

[@rt-uh6mt]

First off, who spends the day down below while sailing? Not anyone I know. You spend it on the cockpit or deck, where you get a lot of sun too. Secondly, in the case these windows don't have UV and heat filters by default you can simply buy film from any hardware store that will block UV and the heat and or figure out how to add curtains.

[@tehallanaz]

@@rt-uh6mt Umm I like to go inside sometimes

[@georgeburns7251]

This boat was meant for day sailing.

[@katarina2069]

Holy shitttttt, I LOVE how this guy dresses!

[@fragu123]

Katarina ...🤔😂😂😂

[@katarina2069]

@@fragu123 😁 ...I meant it. But I'm glad my comment amused you.

[@whiztler]

More plastic look 'n' feel and sharp corners please.

[@RockwoodJoe]

Huge polycarbonate windows. Yikes. Do you fancy crazing, scratches, and yellowing?

[@ceirwan]

I guess that its probably acrylic not poly-carbonate.

[@StefanEmhjellen]

I am a bit worried about those windows below sea level while sailing. What if they brake?

[@sm6wet]

It's a new review but I am not at all sure to call this a cruiser. Sure, it got some nice innovative features but it seems to have very little storage space. Crossing the Pacific near.the equator with those roof.windows.without shade just got to get warm as a sauna. Fridge but where.is the freezer? Watermaker?

[@otm646]

The ceramic window films that don't need to act as tint will do wonders for reducing the greenhouse effect. Electrochromatic shades would be an amazing but expensive option.

[@nestormontagu4718]

If you choose the two cabin layout then there is a large lazarette outside behind the heads, but yes I agree I wish they created options which would enable ocean crossings, and I’m sure you can choose to add on a freezer and water maker, as they are able to make the boat very custom for your needs

[@nestormontagu4718]

Do you think you could go across the Atlantic in this?...pls reply with ur opinions

[@ericfleming5522]

Please don't try to take this across an ocean. That cockpit is far too exposed--the helmsman is always one breaker coming through the open transom away from never being seen or heard from again.

[@epicoverfifty9745]

I imagine its not designed for Northern Australia or the tropics as those windows would turn it into a very hot treehouse.

[@hartoz]

LOL yeah I live in Cairns, this thing would be useless.

[@donaldvanvliet9039]

You imagined correctly.

[@rainmaker3700]

If they gave it to me, I would gladly take it!

[@hogey74]

Oh yeah. I like the luxury machines but things like this and the pogo 30 are what make me think about buying a grown up yacht.

[@billhanna8838]

Another slammer like hanze, Benetua etc . Just did a long delivery to windward & all these modern boats have gone for interior space forward so anything over 1/2 a meter seas on the nose - slam bang crash , most uncomfortable , OK for the marina living but they are Yachts ?

[@randallwatson391]

Pluses: Boat seems to go upwind well, pulling 8-9 (but at what TWA?) Downwind, I would have expected perhaps a little more than 12-13 with a big gennaker and 20knts Boat looks cool and I love the lighting and interior colour scheme. It has a modern and welcoming clean look. Finish appears top class. Nice to see something different. Negatives: Split navstation /comms and switchboard. That little extra galley bench will fill up with crap and the radio will be hard to get to. I hope there's a mirrored AP control at the Helm/s. Seems to have space/arrangement issues inside. Toby's not a big guy, and for him there's limited headroom. Wet locker looked small (but heated? so that's ncie) Sharp corners inside as noted. Galley bench/fridge becomes useless if you're cooking. "Oh I just need something from the fridge...oh, wtf am I gonna do with all this prepared stuff on the bench? How waterproof will that main hatch be in a knockdown or rollover situation? horizontal line recess in the bulkhead will weaken the bulkhead, but i suspect it's still plenty strong. Complicated rig for 2 handed (couples) cruising. If one of those constrictor jammers gets fouled, how're you gonna get to it in a hurry? Heavy: it's 1m longer and 5cm wider than my boat but nearly 3tonnes heavier...(not everyone sees that as a negative, though)

[@robertyboberty7495]

Regarding greenhouse theory surely the heat would convect up and out rather than down into the salon.

[@BitcoinNewsTodayLive]

Lovely open areas for your body to fly thru in rough weather. Also, I don't want a sailboat with portholes in the bull below the waterline when heeling.

[@Gottenhimfella]

But at least there are lots of sharp corners to impale the crew, so they don't fly about indefinitely.

[@AthelstanEngland]

Gottenhimfella lol!

LOL. I sailed a boat with a pilot house across the Pacific in the 1970s. It didn't have a fat stern, so no twin rudders. No jibs or genoas, so no reason for twin cockpit helms. Full headroom for me, at over 6' high. Rig that could be reefed or furled on any point of sail, at any wind speed, with no electric motors involved. Helm in the pilothouse, as well as in the cockpit. Huge sail area for a 34' boat, with no sheet winches. Disruptive? It's still going strong, 50 years later.

[@normand5847]

Yeah, sure you did. I suppose you're going to tell us that you invented electricity, as well.

[@danielscott9769]

A 34' sail boat with a pilot house? Tell us more about this treasure of yours. Was it a junker?

[@stevephillips3300]

Great for the height challenged then?

[@mattshaffer7699]

I’m trying to get a better idea of the interior size, so ummm.... How tall are you?

[@nauticfilms]

nice and honest review of an appealing innovative mid-size yacht. Thank you!

[@p8ulr3id]

...and the engine access is???

[@svnoitalever7681]

Paul Reid underneath the pilot station.

[@nestormontagu4718]

SV Noitalever do you know this or are you guessing? But that does seem reasonable

[@carryonsailing]

Is he getting commission for this sales pitch?

[@philipschrantz8402]

Lovely and I like the light, but that cabin will be a toaster oven on a sunny summer day. Passive solar gain will make it an uncomfortable place. Pity, as its otherwise a lovely boat...

[@rt-uh6mt]

Why not use this stuff? kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6K0p4mphreDfdE

[@grancito2]

Twin helms seem to be the masturbatory requirement, even for small boats that don't gain any extra vision.

[@alexjband]

There's an option for a tiller version

[@johnfebaines]

You can see the twin helm is better for sailing

[@tip00former1]

The only thing I can say is for the same price you can buy a Dehler 42 with better lay-out and better performance. 😎

[@prasenjeetrathore]

how much does it cost ?

[@tip00former1]

@@prasenjeetrathore Brand new 245K EUR Edit fyi: The 2018 Bente show model is for sale for 310K and a new bare bone 2019 does 210K

[@prasenjeetrathore]

@@tip00former1 lol yeah a dehler is better :P

[@KelsoVSCox]

The Dehler 42 ist probably the worst performing boat under ORC I have ever seen.

[@nestormontagu4718]

The Bente is actually much cheaper, as that’s only the limited model, it’s actually 170k

[@FighterFred]

Didn't know IKEA made boats.

[@robertlee8042]

Genuinely funny

[@epistte]

Assembly is only 90 days and you still forget a dozen bolts or nuts.

[@nestormontagu4718]

Best comment 100%

[@pandos_bandos]

I like that boat and I agree: "it's minimalistic... economic but doesn't look cheap..." And the "sunroof" is really cute. Just it would be better if it was made the way I've already seen on some boats: narrow but long with tinted glass, including net and cover. Also was only manually opened that very easy but economic.

[@notachannel4u]

unique boat great music

[@futhaiter366]

10:40 "simple and minimalist" .. nicely overwritten the missing warm feeling and inviting look other boats have. No doors but plastic foils to roll down. 2 days on sea with that thing and you will do anything to get from board.

[@ruzgardeniz4673]

Güzel tasarım yaşam alanı ferah olması küçük yelkenliler içinde güzel bir seçenek...⛵👏🙂

[@shinybaldy]

It is like a German aluminium version of a RM 1180/1270.

[@pete9501]

I was think exactly the same, perhaps no bad thing. Americans won't like it with their love of long keels and slow boats.

[@shinybaldy]

If they slightly revise the saloon/cockpit transition to be more practical & extend the sprayhood a little, it'll make a decent higher latitude boat.

[@Gottenhimfella]

@@shinybaldy And get a naval architect to rethink the interior, particularly get rid of the hard corners. Bottle of cooking oil gets smashed on the sole with the boat falling off every second wave and just one of those corners could quickly claim a life.

[@FrDachs]

"You don't need another nav station cause you have that pilot station..." where are you supposed to work with paper charts? Do you rely on electronics exclusively?

[@sailingavocet]

LOL! our thoughts exactly!

[@otm646]

NOAA charts are going 100% electronic, you can still get paper copies if needed. A drop in work surface over the pilot station instruments would give you all the chart space you need. If conditions aren't horrendous most people plot their charts at the saloon table anyway.

[@FrekeOne]

Planeing cruiser with swing keel?

[@randallwatson391]

yup, Pogo did it years ago...

[@fabienh3943]

Luxury...luxury...the things I need, the things I want. Tovey was right. But if I had the euros, i'd be very attracted.

[@dasimparmy2289]

Love it!

[@HenryL161947]

i kind of like headroom

[@МишаНехорошев-х6ж]

Not for sunny places on the planet Earth)

[@larslange5482]

Come to Oz with that and you would be a cooked goose in no time.

[@ceirwan]

I think the design is fantastic. But they should have spent a bit more time / money on the interior, this is the type of boat people will take to sea and spend some time sailing, at the moment every edge down below seems to be a right angle. Nothing worse than being thrown into a hard corner when the boats slamming about in rough weather. Could very easily injure yourself. But really that's just details, hopefully later boats will address this.

[@sailingavocet]

As live aboards, the interior is a major reason why we chose our boat.

[@cyberfunkmeister]

If Marie Kondo would ever go sailing..

[@sailingavocet]

LOL

[@circomnia9984]

They made it so minimalistic, they even left out all comfort and common sense. This is purely a racer. Nothing else.

[@fabienh3943]

Grandpa!? you here??

[@williieloman1549]

Pricing?

[@nestormontagu4718]

williie loman I think like £170k

[@robertbarnes1989]

Looks like a very luxurious race boat but a horribly uncomfortable cruiser with too much bending and too much overhead heat in all bit northermost or southernmost climates. Would be horrible in the caribbean and my partner would be good at 5'2" but I would have concussions.

[@ammoalamo6485]

Finally, a yacht for Little People. No, that round thing is *not* a Jacuzzi, it's called a 'head'. The stove only has two burners, one for tea, the other to keep your pot of porridge on the boil, mate. That stainless steel bucket built into the counter - *that's* the Jacuzzi. It doubles as a lap pool. This is the only yacht specially designed for Little People, which is obvious when you see that the dinghy doubles as guest accomodations for the in-laws and the tribe of squatter neighbors. But it doesn't have a Jacuzzi, just a bucket and a rope, so the nasty neighbors can tie the in-laws by the heels and give them a good dunking on Saturday nights. Don' t worry about the cost, it comes with its own TV show, Little People Meet The Nasty Neighbors and Sing Italian Opera.

[@georgeburns7251]

This is super. So funny. Thank you. This boat is a joke. This must be April First.

[@MarcStjames-rq1dm]

If all that Glass could be electronically darkened.....not my thing but it would perhaps mitigate some of the massive amount of thermal transference due to the copious transparency! LOL

[@jonathanmacayan9225]

The interior doesn't feel and look like you're in a basement like most monohauls

[@climatixseuche]

with a stern that low ... no way I would cruise the open sea with that

[@Iandental]

As others have already said....You'll cook in a warm climate , you wont see many of these cruising the Pacific

[@michaelbrownlee9497]

Curtains would stop the light ...but all those windows are potential fail points in a storm. I wonder how the wide and open afts perform in a following sea. Nice looking boat.

[@fabmanly1070]

Michael Brownlee curtains will not stop heat transfer, they will stop light. The damage is done, its a sauna.

[@donaldvanvliet9039]

As others have said, not all boats are designed for the tropics...deal with it.

[@spikeypineapple552]

Runners kills it

[@stianditlevsen2645]

Instruments needs to go up to the pilotstation..

[@chikken_soup]

It looks similar to Ted Fontaine's Surfari series

[@jonathanvince8173]

Well they have not gone for safety seams ok in one way but not in another unlike British built ones or Dutch.

[@SB911]

So many people offended by this boat. Don’t like it just close the video 🙄

[@Gottenhimfella]

It's possible to like it (which I do) without mistaking it for a viable cruising proposition.

[@futhaiter366]

Living nsar kiel, i know boats well. This one looks cheap inside. All white plastic. If designers have no ideas or missed their job, they call it "special" or "unique" ... but it looks cheap and totally boring.

[@mysticsailor9]

cruising yacht?.. oh please... flat hull, broad beam and ikea corners... what a joke.. take it for a 3-4 day offshore passage then talk about cruising boats...racer/overnight?..sure, but cruiser?.. get a grip

[@Gottenhimfella]

Indeed. For me the crisp 90 degree corners of the joinerwork alone disqualify it. I have acquired enough divots in my skull just from being thrown around a conventional cabin with rounded corners, thanks! This looks to be designed by an architect (rather than a naval architect) who has spent any sea time either above decks or in the horizontal position.

[@cordobes]

I love how youtube experts think that the ikea furniture corners is what defines or not an offshore passage boat (or one designed for that purpose, people cross oceans in rowing boats or dinghies). Not stuff like tankage, stability, AVS, hull built method, sail plan, storage space, electric system and so on, that people who actually do passages look at - it's the freaking galley top corners. And someone must tell all those guys designing the VOR, Vendee Globe, Transat, etc, boats that the loonies on youtube who never set foot on a boat have decided all that stuff isn't seaworthy. Forget all the algs and naval arch and the decades of experience. Every single performance or performance-cruiser boat is designed like this but apparently, they're all wrong. There are some aspects on this boat design that I don't like - like all boats design, it's all about trade-offs- but to say it's a racer/weekender just shows you know absolutely nothing about sailing or boats.

[@Gottenhimfella]

@@cordobes They don't disqualify the boat, they disqualify the design process. Firstly: someone who could sign off on such an obviously unworkable detail cannot be trusted with the stuff which cannot be seen: they're announcing that as far as they're concerned, it's all about the sizzle, not the sausage. And secondly, I've already explained that it betrays them to be disconnected from the practical realities of getting on with life on board, even though the weather is not cooperating. Nobody who understands those realities will need convincing, and you seem to demonstrate that a portion of those who don't understand them have no interest in doing so.

[@nestormontagu4718]

You are the first comment to say that this is actually a cruiser, and my dad and I are considering getting this boat as we enjoy going fast, and we will mostly spend weekends on it, but do you think it is able to go across the Atlantic, as we are not sure as this would be our first sailing boat

[@ericfleming5522]

@@nestormontagu4718 Please don't try to sail this across the Atlantic, especially if she'll be your first boat. This is a fine boat to take out when the weather is nice. But you cannot guarantee good weather every day of an Atlantic crossing, and you couldn't be more exposed at that helm station if you sailed with your pants around your ankles.

[@johncalvinhall]

I am sure this is a well-built craft, but personally, it's too spartan for my taste.

[@Spectre8282]

No

[@sailingavocet]

wowza... cool boat, just not our style. we are a sucker for classics!

[@TheSteinbitt]

Awsome boat, but those windows will leak:p

[@thomaselliott573]

You really must be kidding

[@davart311]

In those sunny days you will be cooked like an egg 😰😰 ..try the med..in summer

[@danielplainview4778]

Cool but too cold/sterile looking inside IMO

[@MrYort13]

Not my cup of tea.

[@richardjohnson4696]

I don't hate it, but I also don't like it. It is kinda ugly, with cool features. Are you sailing, or are you sitting around in some port on your boat, or motoring your friends around for cocktails? I like sailboats that are more race specific, as I get older I can appreciate sailboats that are more user friendly, but this sailboat just doesn't make a lot of sense for actual sailing.

[@bobailik1570]

No doubt the haul is made modern and very slicky for a racer. The design of the interior is complete crap. As already mention, it will be not the only problem to avoid sun to warm up inside but there are "solutions" that are stupid. Designers are tend to bild a house with windows or a yacht? This is not only present for this model, but to many other brands and models. It looks like Windows 10. When we are talking "designing" everything looks sqare and ugly duckly!

[@kardaine29]

Ehhhh not my cup of whiskey but to each their own.

[@sailingavocet]

Cheers to that!

[@corujariousa]

I usually like your videos but this one comes across as a paid commercial. I trust real unbiased reviews will come back in the near future. Am I the only one noticing sharp edges all over the boat?

[@donaldvanvliet9039]

No, gottenhimfella thinks people are going to die from the sharp corners in this boat.

[@kz4506]

It’s not pretty and proberly 300 k

[@nestormontagu4718]

gess ges it’s actually 170k but ok

[@dianeswift]

Different? I’d rather be in solitary confinement!

[@andreibaluew]

brand new 2020 Viko S35 - 65 000 euro max -cant be better

[@Schaneification]

cruiser ???? !!

[@andrewlabat9963]

Awful looking interior, and the layout is horrid.. Change can be good, heck it can be great, but here it sucks.. 😝

[@ernestmoor6658]

Ф

[@larslange5482]

What a ugly looking boat, looks like a hospital ward for mental problem patience's

[@lightning9279]

Pay this guy enough money and he will give a positive report on a turd.

[@zelda.1776]

this is a really stupidly designed boat.

[@TheTaxburden]

I dont care for simple and minimalistic sadly.

[@user-jo1jq5uy1s]

Bad review

[@nestormontagu4718]

Benjamin Councell no.

[@tallesttreeintheforest]

hmm.. nice idea but very plastic and echoey

[@jrwedgeworth]

No