The lockdown period slowed delivery times (from sketch to construction, a yacht takes no less than 24 months’ work!). But the shipyards got organized and found ways to launch new craft and also present new projects. “As soon as we had the chance to return to work at full capacity, the yard resumed its activities aware that the restart, however hard, would certainly be positive,” confirmed. Giovanni Costantino, president of The Italian Sea Group owners of the Admiral and Tecnomar marques. The Group, together with the historical shipyards Azimut|Benetti, Baglietto, Codecasa, Cantiere del Pardo, Cantiere delle Marche, Ferretti Group, Overmarine, Palumbo Superyacht, Rosetti Superyacht, Rossinavi, Sanlorenzo and Tankoa, to name only a few, are at the forefront of an Italian shipbuilding tradition that never gives up and is continuing to concentrate on research and innovation.
Always find new solutions and new stimuli. These are the fundamental factors in a field of design that, however conservative like yachting, seeks to remain active. “Technologically, we have started working on some solutions that facilitate life in the time of Covid. On the new Magellano 25 we have an air purification system for enclosed spaces, a system called BCool, initially patented for NASA,” confirms Giovanna Vitelli, president of the group Azimut|Benetti.