SV Bennu is a 1980 Cherubini 44 Ketch, designed by John Cherubini in the early 1970's and built in Delran, NJ. She is a smaller sistership to the other Cherubini Schooner entries and is honored to be included in the new non-schooner invitational class of the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race. She is a well-traveled boat, and has completed a circumnavigation of the globe. Her current owner, Julianne DeGraw Fettus, has sailed her in the 2021 Annapolis to Newport Race, and has spent time cruising the waters of New England. Her home port, however, is on the Severn River in Maryland. 

Bennu is sailing to support the Severn River Association. Their mission is to connect the people who live, work, and play on the Severn River to restore and protect it for all of our communities. The Association has a range of programs to help restore, protect, and educate about this amazing place. Among their outstanding efforts is their Build-a-Reef program, which has planted 70,000,000 baby oysters in the Severn River since 2018!