Benetti News

QUOTE="Capt Ralph, post: 267796, member: 921"]Does anybody remember Trumps first wife? After the Trump Princess was gone and they separated, I thought she (first ex) picked up her own Benetti.
I remember a turbo fire and never heard another thing about that boat or her (ex) again.
Is it or she (she or it) still around?[/QUOTE]

Ivanna purchased a 98' Cantieri De Bahia with part of the divorce proceeds and promptly named it "Ivanna" & that apparently didn't sit well with the Donald that the brokerage firm that handled the sale of Nabila / Trump princess now sold his ex a yacht. Bahia had produced many 50 to 70 ft. open type vessels but this was their first attempt at a raised bridge M.Y. of this LOA
Triple MTU 8v396 TB 92 with numerous exhaust system problems between the three motors. Center motor flooded back through the outboard units etc. Law suites were filed within six months of purchase. The vessel had many problems but the major one was the exhaust system that continuously failed but never was re-engineered correctly. Just a lot of bad decisions and frugality like never installing a Atlas or similar system for this 50 cycle vessel that ran on two little Cummins -Onan gens for years at the dock. One of the twin 2004 hurricanes placed the vessel in the back yard pool of a well known sugar baron in Palm Beach with the fins and struts penetrating through the bottom into the interior and tankage. Starb side of vessel flooded where she lay on her side for several weeks till a crane and barge could remove her. Lloyds of London hired us a year after the vessel sat shrink wrapped to work with the owner and put the vessel back together for the insurance claim. Between the Lloyds surveyors, attorneys and N.Y. it was truly an experience to put it mildly. She was sold and was renamed "LaDiva" and was deemed a total constructive loss after a exhaust fire in West Palm Beach.

Should come out of the shed today.

Another beautiful paint job by Malcolm Kerr and his team at Storm SRL.