M/Y Va Bene is a luxury yacht designed by Richard Hein and built in 1992 by Kees Cornelissen.[1] Since 2005, it has been owned by rock musician Eric Clapton.[2]
In 1992, Va Bene was designed by Richard Hein and built by Kees Cornelissen for a Greek citizen in the Netherlands. In 1997, he sold the yacht to Bernie Ecclestone. Ecclestone started looking for a buyer in 2002. Clapton, who had been looking for a new yacht, contacted Ecclestone in 2005, and purchased the ship for £9 million. Clapton had the yacht refitted from 2007 to 2008.[3]